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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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BIRTH RATE, DEATH RATE, AND ANALYSIS OP MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1938.
(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. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births. | Stillbirths. | All Causes. | Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under two years). | Total Deaths under one year. | ||||
| England and Wales ... | 15.1 | 0 60 | 11.6 | 0.00 | — | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.11 | 5 5 | 53 | |||
| 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 15.0 | 0.65 | 11.7 | 0.00 | — | 0.05 | 0 01 | 0.03 | 0 07 | 0.10 | 7.8 | 57 | |||
| 148 Smaller Towns (Resident Population 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census) | 15.4 | 0.60 | 11.0 | 0.00 | 0 03 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.11 | 3.6 | 51 | ||||
| London Administrative County | 13.4 | 0 48 | 11.4 | 0.00 | — | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0 03 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 13.1 | 57 | |||
| RICHMOND | 10.9 | 0 3! | 10.7 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.13 | 12.0 | 55 | |||
The maternal mortality rates for England and Wales are as follows
The maternal mortality rates for Richmond are as follows
Puerperal
Sepsis.
Others.
Total.
(per 1,000 Live Births 0.89 2.19 3.08
( ,, ,, Total Births 0.86 2.11 2 97
per 1,000 Live Births 0.00 4.8 4.8
( ,, ,, Total Births 0 00 4.67 4.67