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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
Malden and Coombe 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Malden & Coombe]
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BIRTHS.
During the year 565 live births were registered, this
being 61 above last year's total. The rate per 1,000 was
15.1 compared with the average of 14.9 for England and
Wales.
Of the total number 11, or 1.9 per cent, were
illegitimate.
DEATHS.
During the year 325 deaths were registered, being
12 more than in 1936.
One hundred and fiftytwo deaths were registered in
the district and one hundred and seventythree in
Institutions and other districts.
The death rate per 1,000 population was 9.2 compared
with the average of 12.4 for England and Wales.
Heart disease and cancer were again the most prominent
separate causes of death.
The infantile mortality rate was 37.1 per 1,000 live
births and compares with 58.0 for the average of England
and Wales.
No death occurred in an illegitimate child under
one year of age.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
| M. | F. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Measles | 1 | - | l |
| Scarlet fever | 1 | - | i |
| Whooping cough | 3 | - | 3 |
| Diphtheria | 1 | - | 1 |
| Influenza | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Respiratory tuberculosis | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| Other tuberculosis | — | 1 | 1 |
| General paralysis of Insane Tabes, etc. | 1 | 1 | |
| Cancer | 24 | 25 | 49 |
| Diabetes | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| Cerebral hainorrhafje, etc, | 8 | - | 10 |
| Heart disease | 34 | 43 | 77 |
| Other circulatory diseases | 4 | 10 | 14 |