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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 1944
[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 1944. 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 | 17.6 † | 20.3 | 20.9 | 15.0 | Deaths under 1 year of age | 46 | 52 | 44 | 61 |
| Still Births | 0.50 † | 0.64 | 0.61 | 0.42 | |||||
| Deaths:— | Deaths from Diarrhœa and Enteritis under 2 years of age | 4.8 | 7.3 | 4.4 | 10.1 | ||||
| All Causes | 11.6 † | 13.7 | 12.4 | 15.7 | |||||
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||
| Scarlet Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||
| Whooping Cough | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.04 | |||||
| Diphtheria | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.01 | Rates per 1,000 Total Births (Live and Still). | ||||
| Influenza | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.08 | |||||
| Small-pox | 0.00 | — | — | — | |||||
| Measles | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | Maternal | ||||
| Notifications:— | Mortality:— | (Excluding Abortion) | |||||||
| Typhoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | Puerperal Infection (No. 147) | 0.28 | Not available. | ||
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | |||||
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.06 | Others | 1.25 | |||
| Total | 1.53 | ||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 2.40 | 2.41 | 2.67 | 1.57 | Notification:— | ||||
| Whooping Cough | 2.49 | 2.49 | 2.29 | 2.90 | |||||
| Diphtheria | 0.58 | 0.67 | 0.69 | 0.31 | Puerperal Fever | 10.34 | 13.13 | 9.25 | 3.61 |
| Erysipelas | 0.29 | 0.32 | 0.28 | 0.37 | |||||
| Small-pox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Puerperal Pyrexia | †14.14 | |||
| Measles | 4.16 | 4.51 | 3.94 | 2.98 | |||||
| Pneumonia | 0.97 | 1.13 | 0.82 | 0.93 | |||||
| † Bates per 1,000 Total Population. | † Including Puerperal Fever. | ||||||||