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Malden and Coombe 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Malden & Coombe]
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Birth-rates, Civilian Death-rates, Analysis of Mortality, Maternal Mortality and Case rates for certain Infectious diseases in the Year 1943. Provisional figures based on Weekly and Quarterly Returns.
| England and Wales | 126 C.Bs. and Great Towns Including London | 148 Smaller Towns Resident Pop. 25,000— 50,000 1931 Census | London Adm. County | England and Wales | 126 C.Bs. and Great Towns including London | 148 Smaller Towns Resident Pop. 25,000— 50,000 1931 Census | London Adm. County | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Rates per 1,000 Civilian Population. | *Rates per 1,000 Live Births:— | ||||||||
| Live Births | 16.5 † | 18.6 | 19.4 | 15.8 | Deaths under 1 year of age Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis under | 49 | 58 | 46 | 58 |
| Still Births | 0.51 † | 0.63 | 0.61 | 0.45 | |||||
| Deaths:— | |||||||||
| All Causes | 12.1 † | 14.2 | 12.7 | 15.0 | |||||
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||
| 2 years of age | 5.3 | 7.9 | 4.4 | 10.4 | |||||
| Scarlet Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | *A dash (—) signifies that there were no deaths. | ||||
| Whooping Cough | 0.0.3 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | |||||
| Diphtheria | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.02 | Rates per 1,000 Total Births (Live and Still). | ||||
| Influenza | 0.37 | 0.36 | 0.37 | 0.27 | |||||
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — | Maternal Mortality:— | (Excluding Abortion) | |||
| Measles | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.0i2 | |||||
| Notifications:— | |||||||||
| Typhoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | Puerperal Infection (No. 147) | ||||
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.39 | Not available. | |||
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.09 | Others | 1.45 | |||
| Total | 1.84 | ||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 3.01 | 3.29 | 3.54 | 3.80 | |||||
| Whooping Cough | 2.54 | 2.82 | 2.25 | 2.68 | Notification:— | ||||
| Diphtheria | 0.88 | 1.12 | 0.77 | 0.74 | Puerperal Fever | 3.05 | |||
| Erysipelas | 0.31 | 0.35 | 0.27 | 0.42 | |||||
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — | Puerperal Pyrexia | 11.68 | 15.11 | 9.26 i | |
| Measles | 9.88 | 9.23 | 9.77 | 9.17 | 15.231 | ||||
| Pneumonia | 1.34 | 1.62 | 1.16 | 1.27 | |||||
| † These rates are those published in the Quarterly Return. | † Including Puerperal Fever. | ||||||||