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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 1945
[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 1945: —
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births— | Rates per 1,000 Population. | ||||
| Live | 16.1 | 19.1 | 19.2 | 15.7 | 18.1 |
| Still | 0.46 | 0.58 | 0.53 | 0.40 | 0.21 |
| Deaths— | |||||
| All Causes | 11.4 | 13.5 | 12.3 | 13.8 | 11.0 |
| 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 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.02 | _ |
| Diphtheria | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | _ |
| Influenza | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | _ |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | — |
| Notifications— | |||||
| Typhoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | _ |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | — |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.03 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1.89 | 2.02 | 2.03 | 1.57 | 1.03 |
| Whooping Cough | 1.64 | 1.65 | 1.47 | 1.25 | 0.43 |
| Diphtheria | 0.46 | 0.52 | 0.56 | 0.31 | 0.14 |
| Erysipelas | 0.25 | 0.28 | 0.24 | 0.31 | 0.28 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | — |
| Measles | 11.67 | 10.89 | 11.19 | 9.03 | 9.17 |
| Pneumonia | 0.87 | 1.03 | 0.72 | 0.78 | 0.46 |
| Deaths under 1 year | Rates per 1,000 Live Births. | ||||
| of age | 46 | 54 | 43 | 53 | 21 |
| Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis under 2 years of age | 5.6 | 7.8 | 4.5 | 7.6 | — |
| Notifications— | Rates per 1,000 Total Births (i.e., Live and Still). | ||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 9.93 | 12.65 | 8.81 | 15.87 | 1.95 |
| Maternal Mortality | Abortion with Sepsis | Abortion without Sepsis. | Puerperal Infections. | Other Causes. | Total. |
| England and Wales | 0.25 | 0.08 | 0.24 | 1.22 | 1.79 |
| Beddington and Wallington | 1.95 | — | — | _ | 1.95 |