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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
Beddington and Wallington 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beddington and Wallington]
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Comparative crude birth rates, death rates, analysis of mortality, maternal death rates and case rates for certain infectious diseases in the year 1937:—
| England and Wales. | 125 County Boro's and Great Towns including London. | 148 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census). | London Administrative County. | Borough of Beddington and Wallington. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births— | Rates per 1,000 Population. | ||||
| Live | 14.9 | 14.9 | 15.3 | 13.3 | 12.91 |
| Still | 0.60 | 0.67 | 0.64 | 0.54 | 0.52 |
| Deaths— | |||||
| All Causes | 12.4 | 12.5 | 11.9 | 12.3 | 10.0 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Measles | 0.2 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.1 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.00 |
| Diphtheria | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.00 |
| Influenza | 0.45 | 0.39 | 0.42 | 0.38 | 0.42 |
| Violence | 0.54 | 0.45 | 0.42 | 0.51 | 0.78 |
| Notifications— | |||||
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Scarlet Fever | 2.33 | 2.56 | 2.42 | 2.09 | 2.18 |
| Diphtheria | 1.49 | 1.81 | 1.38 | 1.93 | 0.14 |
| Enteric Fever | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.07 |
| Erysipelas | 0.37 | 0.43 | 0.34 | 0.44 | 0.10 |
| Pneumonia | 1.36 | 1.58 | 1.20 | 1.18 | 0.03 |
| Deaths under 1 year | Rates per 1,000 Live Births. | ||||
| of age | 58 | 62 | 55 | 60 | 58.23 |
| Deaths from Diarr | |||||
| hoea and Enteritis | |||||
| under 2 years of | |||||
| age | 5.8 | 7.9 | 3.2 | 12.0 | 0.00 |
| Maternal | |||||
| Mortality— | |||||
| Puerperal Sepsis | 0.97 | Not available | 0.00 | ||
| Others | 2.26 | 5.06 | |||
| Total | 3.23 | 5.06 | |||
| Maternal | Rates per 1.000 Total Births (i.e., Live and Still). | ||||
| Mortality— | |||||
| Puerperal Sepsis | 0.94 | Notavailable | 0.00 | ||
| Others | 2.17 | 4.87 | |||
| Total | 3.11 | 4.87 | |||
| Notifications— | |||||
| Puerperal Fever | 13.93 | 17.59 | 11.52 | 4.15 | 2.43 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 14.34 | 4.87 | |||