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 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 1939:—
England and Wales. | 126 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. | |
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Births— | Rates per 1,000 Population. | ||||
Live | 15.0 | 1.4.8 | 15.6 | 12.3 | 12.63 |
Still | 0.59 | 0.59 | 0.57 | 0.44 | 0.42 |
Deaths— | |||||
All Causes | 12.1 | 12.0 | 11.2 | 11.9 | 9.38 |
Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Measles | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Scarlet Fever | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Whooping Cough | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.00 |
Diphtheria | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.03 |
Influenza | 0.21 | 0.19 | 0.20 | 0.18 | 0.07 |
Notifications— | |||||
Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Scarlet Fever | 1.89 | 1.96 | 1.78 | 1.53 | 0.96 |
Diphtheria | 1.14 | 1.21 | 1.16 | 0.98 | 0.33 |
Enteric Fever | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.03 |
Erysipelas | 0.34 | 0.40 | 0.31 | 0.37 | 0.23 |
Pneumonia | 1.02 | 1.21 | 0.89 | 0.99 | 0.40 |
Deaths under 1 year of age | Rates per 1,000 Live Births. | ||||
50 | 53 | 40 | 48 | 40.30 | |
Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis under 2 years of age | 4.6 | 6.3 | 3.0 | 8.2 | 0.00 |
Maternal Mortality— | |||||
Puerperal Sepsis | 0.77 | Not available | 0.00 | ||
Others | 2.16 | 0.00 | |||
Total | 2.93 | 0.00 | |||
Maternal Mortality— | Rates per 1,000 Total Births (i.e., Live and Still). | ||||
Puerperal Sepsis | 0.74 | Not available | |||
Others | 2.08 | 0.00 | |||
Total | 2.82 | 0.00 | |||
Notifications— Puerperal Pyrexia | 14.35 | 17.26 | 12.99 | 14.22 | 4.91 |