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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
Harrow 1918
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow-on-the-Hill]
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OFFICIAL TABLE.
BIRTH RATE, DEATH RATE. AND ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY
during the year 1918.
(Provisional figures. Populations estimated to the middle of 1918 have been used for the purpose of
this Table).
| Birth rate per 1,000 Total Population. | Annual Death Rate, per 1,000 Civil Population. | Death Rate per 1,000 Births. | Percentage of Total Deaths | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | Enteric Fever | Measles | Scarlet Fever | Whooping Cough | Diphtheria | Violence | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years) | Total Deaths under 1 year | Deaths in Pub lic Iustitutions | Certified Cases | Inquest Cases | Uncertified Causes of Death | ||
| England and Wales | 17.7 | 17.6 | 0.03 | 0.28 | 0.03 | 0.29 | 0.14 | 0.49 | 10.99 | 97 | 24.3 | 93.3 | 5.4 | 1.3 |
| (96 great towns including London (Census Population exceeding 50,000) | 17.6 | 18.2 | 0.02 | 0.36 | 0.04 | 0.34 | 0.15 | 0.49 | 14.46 | 106 | 28.4 | 93.4 | 5.8 | 0.8 |
| 148 smaller towns (Census Population 20,000.50,000) | 17. 9 | 16.1 | 0.03 | 0.25 | 0.02 | 0.25 | 0.14 | 0.38 | 9.73 | 94 | 15.4 | 94.5 | 3 9 | 1.6 |
| London | 16.1 | 18.9 | 0.02 | 0.42 | 0.03 | 0.43 | 0.17 | 0.56 | 15.67 | 107 | 45.0 | 92.5 | 7.3 | 0.2 |
Non civilians are included in these figures for England and Wales but not for other areas.
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