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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 1945
[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 1945. 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 | London adm. county | England and wales | 126 C.Bs. and great towns including london | 148 smaller towns resident pop.25,000-50,000 | London adm. county | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Rate per 1,000 civilian population. | |||||||||
| Live Births | 16.1† | 19.1 | 19.2 | 15.7 | Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis under 2 years of age | 5.6 | 7.8 | 4.5 | 7,6 |
| Still Births | 0.46† | 0.58 | 0.53 | 0.40 | |||||
| Deaths:— | |||||||||
| All Causes | 11.4 † | 13.5 | 12.3 | 13.8 | |||||
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||
| Scarlet Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | *A dash (—) signifies that there were no deaths. | ||||
| Whooping Coug | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.02 | |||||
| Diphtheria | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | Rates per 1,000 Total Births (Live and Still). | ||||
| Influenza | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | |||||
| Small-pox | - | - | - | - | Maternal | ||||
| Measles | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | Mortality:— (Excluding Abortion) | ||||
| Notifications: — | Puerperal | ||||||||
| Typhoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | Infection | ||||
| Paratyphoid | (No. 147) | 0.24 | Not available. | ||||||
| Fever | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | Others | 1.22 | |||
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.06 | Total | 1.46 | |||
| Scarlet Fever | 1.89 | 2.02 | 2.03 | 1.57 | Notification: — | ||||
| Whooping Coug] | 1.64 | 1.65 | 1.47 | 1.25 | |||||
| Diphtheria | 0.46 | 0.52 | 0.56 | 0.31 | Puerperal | 9.93 | 12.65 | 8.81 | 3.60 |
| Erysipelas | 0.25 | 0.28 | 0.24 | 0.31 | Fever | ||||
| Small-pox | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | Puerperal | 115.87 | |||
| Measles | 11.67 | 10.89 | 11.19 | 9.08 | Pyrexia | ||||
| Pneumonia | 0.87 | 1.03 | 0.72 | 0.78 | † Including Puerperal Fever. | ||||
| † Rates per 1,000 Total Population. | |||||||||