London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Richmond upon Thames 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
This page requires JavaScript
2
Statistics.
Rateable value £591,031
Sum represented by a Penny Rate £2,200
Extracts from vital statistics of the year.
Birth rate per 1,000 of estimated resident population 12.3
Death rate per 1,000 of estimated resident population 16.4
Death rate from Puerperal Sepsis and other Puerperal
causes 0.00
Death rate of infants under 1 year of age—
All infants per 1,000 live births 40
Deaths from cancer (all ages) 75
Deaths from measles Nil
Deaths from whooping-cough Nil
Deaths from diarrhoea (under 2 years) 1