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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 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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BIRTH RATE, CIVILIAN DEATH RATE & ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1941.
(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 Civilian population. | Annual Death Rate per 1,000 Civilian Population. | Rate per 1,000 Live Births. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births. | Still-births. | 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 ... | 14.2 | 0.51 | 12.9 | 0.00 | — | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.19 | 6.1 | 59 |
| 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London ... | 14.7 | 0.5S | 14.9 | 0.00 | _ | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.17 | 7.5 | 71 |
| 148 Smaller Towns (Resident Population 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census) | 16.4 | 0.60 | 13.0 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.20 | 4.6 | 56 | |
| London Administrative County | 8.9 | 0.33 | 16.3 | 0.01 | — | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.15 | 6.8 | 68 |
| RICHMOND | 12.3 | 0.53 | 16.4 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.31 | 0.03 | 40 |
| Puerperal nfection | Others. | Total. | ||||||||||
| The maternal mortality rates for England and Wales are as follows | Per 1,000 Total Births | 0.48 | 1.75 | 2.23 | ||||||||
| The maternal mortality rates for Richmond are as follows | Per 1,000 Total Births | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||||