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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 1949
[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 1949. 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 | ||
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| Rates per 1,000 Civilian Population. | Rates per 1,000 Live Births. | ||||||||
| Live Births | 16.7† | 18.7 | 18.0 | 18.5 | Deaths under 1 year of age | 32* | 37 | 30 | 29 |
| Still Births | 0.39† | 0.47 | 0.40 | 0.37 | |||||
| Deaths:— | |||||||||
| All Causes | 11.7† | 12.5 | 11.6 | 12.2 | Deaths from Diarrhœa and Enteritis under 2 years of age | 3.0 | 3.8 | 2.4 | 1.7 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||
| Pneumonia | 0.51 | 0.56 | 0.49 | 0.59 | |||||
| Whooping Cough | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | |||||
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||
| Influenza | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.11 | |||||
| Small-pox | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | ||||||
| Tuberculosis | 0.45 | 0.52 | 0.42 | 0.52 | Rates per 1,000 Total Births (Live and Still). | ||||
| Ac. Poliomyelitis & Polioencephalitis | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | |||||
| Notilications:— | Notification:— | ||||||||
| Typhoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia ) | 6.31 | 8.14 | 5.30 | 6.82 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | |||||
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.02 | |||||
| Scarlet Fever | 1.63 | 1.72 | 1.83 | 1.46 | |||||
| Whooping Cough | 2.39 | 2.44 | 2.39 | 1.70 | Maternal Mortality in England and Wales | ||||
| Diphtheria | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.07 | |||||
| Erysipelas | 0.19 | 0 20 | 0.19 | 0.17 | |||||
| Small-pox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||
| Measles | 8.95 | 8.91 | 9.18 | 8.54 | Abortion with Sepsis | 0.11 | |||
| Pneumonia | 0.80 | 0.91 | 0.65 | 0.55 | Abortion without Sepsis | 0.05 | |||
| Ac. Poliomyelitis | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.18 | |||||
| Ac. Polioencephalitis | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | Puerperal Infections | 0.11 | |||
| Food Poisoning | 0.14 | 0.16 | 0.14 | 0.19 | Other Maternal Causes | 0.71 | |||
| †Rates per 1,000 Total Population. | *Per 1,000 Related Live Births. | ||||||||