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 1942: —
England and Wales. | 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London. | 148 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census). | London Administrative County. | Borough of Bed-dington and Wal-lington. | |
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Births— | Rates per 1,000 Population. | ||||
Live | 15.8 | 17,3 | 18.4 | 14.0 | 16.33 |
Still | 0.54 | 0.66 | 0.62 | 0.48 | 0.40 |
Deaths— | |||||
All Causes | 11.6 | 13.3 | 12.1 | 13.9 | 11.21 |
Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - |
Scarlet Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - |
Whooping Cough | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.07 |
Diphtheria | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.02 | - |
Influenza | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.07 |
Smallpox | — | _ | _ | - | |
Measles | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | - |
Notifications— | |||||
Typhoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | - |
Paratyphoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | - |
Cerebro Spinal | |||||
Fever | 0.14 | 0.17 | 0.12 | 0.15 | 0.07 |
Scarlet Fever | 2.19 | 2.49 | 2.34 | 1.86 | 2.66 |
Whooping Cough | 1.73 | 1.97 | 1.58 | 2.72 | 1.82 |
Diphtheria | 1.05 | 1.35 | 0.91 | 0.76 | 0.21 |
Erysipelas | 0.30 | 0.36 | 0.26 | 0.43 | 0.07 |
Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | 0 00 | — |
Measles | 7.46 | 9.27 | 7.39 | 8.62 | 2.44 |
Pneumonia | 1.07 | 1.30 | 0.94 | 0.94 | 0.25 |
Deaths under 1 year of age | Rates per 1,000 Live Births. | ||||
49 | 59 | 46 | 60 | 44.74 | |
Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis under 2 years of | |||||
age | 5.2 | 7.5 | 4.8 | 8.6 | — |
Maternal Mortality | Rates per 1,000 Total Births (i.e., Live and Still). | ||||
(excluding abortion) | |||||
Puerperal Sepsis | 0.42 | Not available | — | ||
Others | 1.59 | — | |||
Total | 2.01 | — | |||
Notifications— | |||||
Puerperal Pyrexia | 12.61 | 15.94 | 10.80 | 17.69 | 10.9 |