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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
Teddington 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Teddington]
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Death-rate and Analysis of Mortality during the Year 1917.
| Annual Death-rate per 1,000 living.* | Annual Death Rate per 1C00 Births. | Percentage of total Deaths. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes. | Enteric Fever | Small-Pox | Measles | Scarlet Fever | Whooping Cough | Diphtheria | Violence. | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under two years) | Total under one year. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | Certified Causes. | Inquest Cases. | Uncertified Causes | |
| England and Wales | 14.4 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.30 | 0.02 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.52 | 12.18 | 97 | 25-7 | 91.5 | 7.0 | 1.5 |
| 96 Great Towns, including London (Census Populations exceeding 50,000) | 14.6 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.41 | 0.03 | 0.15 | 0.13 | 0.53 | 16.14 | 104 | 31-2 | 91.5 | 7.6 | 0.9 |
| 148 Smaller Towns (Census Populations 20,000—50,000) | 13.2 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.30 | 0.02 | 0.15 | 0.13 | 0.45 | 10.08 | 93 | 1-75 | 92.8 | 5.4 | 1.8 |
| London | 15.0 | 0.02 | — | 0.48 | 0.02 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.59 | 18.70 | 103 | 471 | 90.5 | 9.4 | 0.1 |
| Teddington | 13.1 | 0.10 | 0.00 | — | 0.57 | — | 0.62 | — | — | 25 | — | — | — | |
* The death-rates for England and Wales are based upon deaths in the whole population and upon an estimated total population of
36,250,000. The birth-rate similarly calculated is 210 per 1,000. The death-rates for the towns are based upon civil deaths and estimated
civil populations. The birth-rates cannot be stated. In all cases the population used relates to the year 1915.