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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 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beddington and Wallington]
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Comparative crude birth rates, civilian death rates, analysis of mortality, maternal mortality and case rates for certain infectious diseases in the year 1943: —
| 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 Beddington and Wallington. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birth:— | Rates per 1,000 Population. | |||||||
| Live | 16.5 | 18.6 | 19.4 | 15.8 | 17.56 | |||
| Still | 0.5 | 0.63 | 0.61 | 0.45 | 0.43 | |||
| Deaths— All Causes | 12.1 | 14.2 | 12.7 | 15.0 | 10.75 | |||
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| Scarlet Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | |||
| Whooping Cough | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | ||||
| Diphtheria | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.02 | - | |||
| Influenza | 0.37 | 0.36 | 0.37 | 0.27 | 0.35 | |||
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Measles | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | — | |||
| Notifications— Typhoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | - | |||
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.07 | |||
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.09 | 0.07 | |||
| Scarlet Fever | 3.01 | 3.29 | 3.54 | 3.80 | 4.49 | |||
| Whooping Cough | 2.54 | 2.82 | 2.25 | 2.68 | 0.64 | |||
| Diphtheria | 0.88 | 1.12 | 0.77 | 0.74 | 0.32 | |||
| Erysipelas | 0.31 | 0.35 | 0.27 | 0.42 | 0.50 | |||
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Measles | 9.88 | 9.23 | 9.77 | 9.17 | 13.45 | |||
| Pneumonia | 1.34 | 1.62 | 1.16 | 1.27 | 0.89 | |||
| Deaths under 1 year of age | Rates per 1,000 Live Births. | |||||||
| 49 | 58 | 46 | 58 | 32.85 | ||||
| Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis under 2 years of age | 5.3 | 7.9 | 4.4 | 10.4 | - | |||
| Notifications— | Rates per 1.000 Total Births (i.e., Live and Still). | |||||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 11.68 | 15.11 | 9.26 | 15.23 | 2.00 | |||
| Maternal Mortality | Abortion with Sepsis. | Abortion without Sepsis. | Puerperal Infections. | Other Causes. | ||||
| England and Wales | 0.34 | 0.11 | 0.39 | 1.45 | ||||
| Beddington and Wallington | 2.00 | - | - | - | ||||