[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney].

  • Stepney (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1940]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    33 Birthrates, Death rates, Analysis of Mortality Maternal Mortality, and Case-notes for certain Infectious Diseases in the year 1939. s.d.56 England and Wales, London, 126 Great Towns and 148 Smaller Towns. (Provisional Figures based on Weekly and Quarterly Returns.) England and Wales. 126 County Boroughs anc Great Towns including London. 148 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 census). London Administra tive County. Rates per 1,000 population. Births:— Live 15.0 14.8 15.6 12.3 Still 0.59 0.59 0.57 0.44 Deaths:— All causes 12.1 12.0 11.2 11.9 Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Small-pox — — — — Measles 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 Scarlet Fever 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 Whooping Cough 0.03 0.03 0.02 0.03 Diphtheria 0.05 0.05 0.04 0.02 Influenza 0.21 0.19 0.20 0.18 Notifications:— Small-pox 0.00 Scarlet Fever 1.89 1.96 1.78 1.53 Diphtheria 1.14 1.21 1.16 0.98 Enteric Fever 0.04 0.03 0.04 0.03 Erysipelas 0.34 0.40 0.31 0.37 Pneumonia 1.02 1.21 0.89 0.99 Rates per 1,000 Live Births. Deaths under 1 year of age 50 53 40 48 Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis under 2 years of age 4.6 6.3 3.0 8.2 Maternal Mortality:— Puerperal Sepsis 0.77 Not available. Others 2.16 Total 2.93 Rates per 1,000 Total Births (Live and Still.) Maternal Mortality:— Puerperal Sepsis 0.74 Not available. Others 2.08 Total 2.82 Notifications:— Puerperal Fever 14.35 17.26 12.99 3.31 Puerperal Pyrexia 14.22