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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 1944
[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 1944:—
| England and Wales. | 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London. | 148 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 to 1931 Census). | London Administrative County. | Borough of Beddington and Wallington. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births— | Rates per 1,000 Population. | ||||||
| Live | 17.6 | 20.3 | 20.9 | 15.0 | 17.5 | ||
| Still | 0.50 | 0.64 | 0.61 | 0.42 | 0.52 | ||
| Deaths— | |||||||
| All Causes | 11.6 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 15.7 | 13.2 | ||
| Typhoid and Para | |||||||
| typhoid 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 | 0.02 | 0.04 | — | ||
| Diphtheria | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.01 | — | ||
| Influenza | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.08 | 0.07 | ||
| Smallpox | 0.00 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Measles | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | — | ||
| Notifications— | |||||||
| Typhoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | — | ||
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | — | ||
| Cerebro Spinal | |||||||
| Fever | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.06 | — | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 2.40 | 2.41 | 2.67 | 1.57 | 1.12 | ||
| Whooping Cough | 2.49 | 2.49 | 2.29 | 2.90 | 1.75 | ||
| Diphtheria | 0.58 | 0.67 | 0.69 | 0.31 | 0.22 | ||
| Erysipelas | 0.29 | 0.32 | 0.28 | 0.37 | 0.14 | ||
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | ||
| Measles | 4.16 | 4.51 | 3.94 | 2.98 | 1.42 | ||
| Pneumonia | 0.97 | 1.13 | 0.82 | 0.93 | 0.48 | ||
| Deaths under 1 year | Rates per 1,000 Live Births. | ||||||
| of age | 46 | 52 | 44 | 61 | 21.3 | ||
| Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis under 2 years of age | 4.8 | 7.3 | 4.4 | 10.1 | 2.13 | ||
| Notifications— | | Rates per 1,000 Total Births (i.e., Live and Still). | ||||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 10.34 | ( 13.13 | 9.25 | 14.14 | 6.22 | ||
| Maternal Mortality | Abortion with Sepsis | Abortion without Sepsis. | Puerperal Infections. | Other Causes. | |||
| England and Wales | 0.31 | 0.09 | 0.28 | 1.25 | |||
| Beddington and Wallington | — | — | — | 2.07 | |||