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Birth-Rates, Death-Rates, Analysis of Mortality, Maternal Death-Rates,
and Case- Rales for certain Infectious Diseases in the Year 1938.
(Provisional Figures based on Weekly and Quarterly Returns.)
England
and
Wales.
126 County
Boroughs
and Great
Towns,
including
London.
148 Smaller
Towns
(Resident
populations
25,000 to
50,000 at
1931 Census.
London.
Tottenham.
Rates per 1,000 Population.
Births:—
Live
15.1
15.0
15.4
13.4
13.1
Still
0.60
0.65
0.60
0.48
0.39
Deaths:—
All causes
11.6
11.7
11.0
11.4
10.5
Typhoid and
Paratyphoid Fevers
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
-
Smallpox
0.00
—
0.00
—
—
Measles
0.04
0.05
0.03
0.06
0.04
Scarlet Fever
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
Whooping Cough
0.03
0.03
0.02
0.03
0.02
Diphtheria
0.07
0.07
0.06
0.05
0.03
Influenza
0.11
0.10
0.11
0.06
0.04
Notifications:—
Smallpox
0.00
0.00
0.00
—
—
Scarlet Fever
2.41
2.60
2.58
2.05
1.29
Diphtheria
1.58
1.85
1.53
1.90
1.53
Enteric Fever
0.03
0.03
0.04
0.05
—
Erysipelas
0.40
0.46
0.39
0.46
0.28
Pneumonia
1.10
1.28
0.98
0.98
0.84
Rates per 1,000 Live Births.
Deaths under 1 year of age
53
57
51
57
47
Deaths from Diarrhoea
and Enteritis under 2
years of age
5.5
7.8
3.6
13.1
6.3
Maternal Mortality:—
Puerperal Sepsis
0.89
Not available.
0.53
Others
2.19
2.11
Total
3.08
2.64
Rates per 1,000 Total Births (i.e., Live and Still).
Maternal Mortality:—
0.51
Puerperal Sepsis
0.86
Not available.
Others
2.11
2.05
Total
2.97
2.56
Notifications:—
Puerperal Fever
14.42
18.08
12.51
3.53
11.80
Puerperal Pyrexia
15.46