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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Richmond upon Thames 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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In the year under review, 23 children under one year of age
died, giving a rate of 55 per 1,000 births. The rate for England and
Wales for 1938 is 53.
Five of the 23 deaths were of illegitimate children, and these
five deaths give a mortality rate of 156 per 1,000 illegitimate births.
The mortality rate for 1938 is the largest for some time, but it must
be remembered that one or two more deaths per annum make a
considerable difference in the rate.
Two sets of twins died within a few hours of birth, while altogether
8 of the deaths occurred during the first week of life.
13 of the deaths occurred in Institutions, and 2 in Nursing
Homes, while one child was killed in a motor accident, and another
found on the foreshore of the River Thames.
Twelve of these deaths were due to Congenital Debility and Premature Birth.
| M. | F. | |
|---|---|---|
| All Causes | 239 | 244 |
| 1. Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | — | |
| 2. Measles | — | — |
| 3. Scarlet Fever | — | — |
| 4. Whooping Cough | — | — |
| 5. Diphtheria | — | — |
| 6. Influenza | 5 | — |
| 7. Encephalitis Lethargica | — | 1 |
| 8. Cerebrospinal Fever | 1 | — |
| 9. Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 12 | 7 |
| 10. Other tuberculous diseases | — | 3 |
| 11. Syphilis | 1 | — |
| 12. General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalis | 2 | 1 |
| 13. Cancer, malignant disease | 35 | 56 |
| 14. Diabetes | 3 | 6 |
| 15. Cerebral hæmorrhage, etc. | 11 | 15 |