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Sutton and Cheam 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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BIRTH-RATES, DEATH-RATES AND ANALYSIS Of
MORTALITY IN THE YEAR, 1939.
England and Wales, 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns, and 148 Smaller Towns.
| Rate per.1,000 Population. | Annual Death rate pub 1,000 Population. | rate feb 1 000 Live Births. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes. | Typhoid and Para-typhoid fevers. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | Diarrhoea and Enteritis Hinder 2 Years) | Total Deaths under One year. | |||
| Live 1 Births. | Still Births. | |||||||||||
| England and Wales | 15.0 | 0.59 | 12.1 | 0.00 | - | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.21 | 4.6 | |
| 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 14.8 | 0.59 | 12.0 | 0.00 | - | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.19 | 6.3 | 53 |
| 148 Smaller Towns (Estimated Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at Census 193) | 15.6 | 0.5 | 11. 2 | 0.00 | - | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.20 | 3.0 | 40 |
| London - | 12.3 | 0.44 | 11.9 | 0.00 | - | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.18 | 8.2 | 48 |
| Sutton and Cheam | 14.7 | 0.47 | 9.5 | 0.00 | — | o.oo | 0. 00 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0. 22 | 1.7 | 48 |
| The maternal mortality rates for England and Wales are as follows : | Puerperal Sepsis. | Others. | Total. | |||||||||
| per 1,000 Live Births | 0.77 | 2.16 | 2.96 | |||||||||
| „ „ Total Births | 0.74 | 2.08 | 2.82 | |||||||||
| „ „ „ „ Sutton & Cheam are as follows ; | per 1,000 live Births | 0.88 | 2.65 | 3.53 | ||||||||
| „ „Total Births | 0.86 | 2.57 | 3.43 | |||||||||