London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1948
[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 1948. 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 | 1 | England and Wales | 126 C.Bs. and Great R Towns Including London 1 | 148 Smaller Towns esident Pop. 25,000— 50,000 931 Census | London Adm. County | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,000 Civilian Population. | Deaths under 1 year of age | 34 | 39 | 32 | 31 | ||||
| Live Births | 17.9 t | 20.0 | 19.2 | 20.1 | |||||
| Still Births | 0.42f | 0.52 | 0.43 | 0.39 | |||||
| Deaths :— | Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis under 2 years of age | 3.3 | 4.5 4- tUara urar | 2.1 a n A | 2.4 | ||||
| All Causes | 10.8 t | 11.6 | 10.7 | 11.6 | |||||
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||
| Pneumonia | 0.41 | 0.38 | 0.36 | 0.54 | rv uciau v-) iiiai mtit. vvtit ii*-» utaiiu. | ||||
| Whooping Cough | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | |||||
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | |||||
| Influenza | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.02 | Rates per 1,000 Total Births (Live and Still). | ||||
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Tuberculosis | 0.51 | 0.59 | 0.46 | 0.63 | Notification :— | ||||
| Notifications :— | Puerperal \ Fever f and I Pyrexia / | 6.89 | 8.90 | 4.71 | 7.34 | ||||
| Typhoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | |||||
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | |||||
| Cerebro Spinal | |||||||||
| Fever | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | |||||
| Scarlet Fever | 1.73 | 1.90 | 1.82 | 1.37 | |||||
| Whooping Cough Diphtheria | 3.42 0.08 | 3.51 0.10 | 3.31 0.09 | 3.13 0.10 | Maternal Mortality in England and Wales | ||||
| Erysipelas | 0.21 | 0.23 | 0.21 | 0.22 | L . , _ | n 11 | |||
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — | Abortion with ISepsis | u. 11 n fK | |||
| Measles | 9.34 | 9.75 | 8.84 | 9.17 | Abortion without Sepsis | U.U3 | |||
| Pneumonia | 0.73 | 0.84 | 0.60 | 0.57 | Puerperal Infections | 0.13 | |||
| t Rate | s per 1,0 | 00 Total Popi | ilation. | Other Maternal Causes | 0.73 | ||||