Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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BIRTH RATE, DEATH RATE, AND ANALYSIS OP MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1937.
(Provisional figures).
(The mortality rates for England and Wales refer to the whole population but for London and the towns to
civilians only).
Rate per 1,000 total population | Annual Death Rate per 1,000 Population. | Rate per 1,000 Live Births. | ||||||||||||||
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Live Births. | Still-births. | All Causes. | Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | Violence. | Diarrhœa and Enteritis (under two years). | Total Deaths under one year. | ||||
England and Wales | 14 9 | 0 60 | 12.4 | 0.00 | — | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.45 | 0.54 | 5.8 | 58 | |||
125 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 14.9 | 0.67 | 12.5 | 0.01 | — | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.39 | 0.45 | 7.9 | 62 | |||
148 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census) | 15.3 | 0.64 | 11.9 | 0.00 | — | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.42 | 0.42 | 3.2 | 55 | |||
London Administrative County | 13.3 | 0 54 | 12.3 | 0.00 | — | 0.01 | 0 01 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.38 | 0.51 | 12.0 | 60 | |||
RICHMOND | 10.2 | 0 34 | 11.2 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.47 | 0.81 | 0.03 | 38 | |||
Puerperal Sepsis. | Others | Total. | ||||||||||||||
The maternal mortality rates for England and Wales are as follows | Per 1,000 Live Births | 0.97 | 2.26 | 3.23 | ||||||||||||
,, ,, Total Births | 0.94 | 2.17 | 3.11 | |||||||||||||
The maternal mortality rates for Richmond are as follows | per 1,000 Live Births | 0.00 | 5.1 | 5.1 | ||||||||||||
„ „ Total Births | 0.00 | 4.97 | 4.97 |