Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Malden & Coombe]
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England and Wales | 126 C.B$. 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 Home Population. | Rates per 1,000 Live Births. | ||||||||
Live Births | 15.8 | 17.6 | 16.7 | 17.8 | Deaths under 1 year of age | 29.8* | 29.4 | 26.3 | |
Still Births | 0.37 | 0.45 | 0.38 | 0.36 | |||||
Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis under 2 years of age | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.0 | ||||||
All Causes | 11.6 | 12.3 | 11.6 | 11.8 | |||||
Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||
Pneumonia | 0.46 | 0.49 | 0.45 | 0.48 | |||||
Whooping Cough | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | |||||
Diphtheria | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Rates per 1,000 Total Births (Live and Still). | ||||
Influenza | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.07 | |||||
Small-pox | — | — | — | — | |||||
Tuberculosis | 0.36 | 0.42 | 0.33 | 0.39 | |||||
Ac. Poliomyelitis & Polioencephalitis | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | |||||
Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia | 5.81 | 4.33 | 6.03 | ||||||
Typhoid Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | |||||
Paratyphoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | |||||
Meningococcal Infection | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | |||||
Scarlet Fever | 1.50 | 1.56 | 1.61 | 1.23 | |||||
Whooping Cough | 3.60 | 3.97 | 3.15 | 3.21 | |||||
Diphtheria | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | |||||
Erysipelas | 0.17 | 0.19 | 0.16 | 0.17 | Abortion with Sepsis | 0.09 | |||
Small-pox | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | - | Abortion without Sepsis | 0.05 | |||
Measles | 8.39 | 8.76 | 8.36 | 6.57 | Puerperal Infections | 0.03 | |||
Pneumonia | 0.70 | 0.77 | 0.61 | 0.50 | |||||
Ac. Poliomyelitis (inc. Polioencephalitis) Paralytic | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.08 | Other Maternal Causes | ||||
Complication of Pregnancy and Delivery | 0.54 | ||||||||
Other Complications of Puerperium | 0.15 | ||||||||
Non-Paralytic | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.05 | |||||
0.17 | 0.16 | 0.14 | 0.25 | *Per 1,000 Related Live Births. |