[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Brighouse Borough.

  • Brighouse (England). Council. nb2008024084.
Date:
1937
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Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Brighouse Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE 7. BIRTH RATES, DEATH RATES, ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY, MATERNAL DEATH RATES, AND CASE RATES OF CERTAIN INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN THE YEAR 1937, for England and Wales, London, 125 Great Towns, 148 Smaller Towns, and Brighouse. (Provisional Figures based on weekly and quarterly Returns). England and Wales 125 County Boro’s and Great Towns including London 148 Smaller Towns (Resident Popu’tions 25.000 to 50.000 at 1931 Census) London Adminis- trative County Brighouse Rates per 1,000 Population Birtlis— Live ... 14.9 14.9 15.3 13.3 13.51 Still 0.00 0.07 0.04 0.54 0.0 Dcath.=!— All Cause.^ 12.4 12.5 11.9 12.3 14.84 T3'|)hoid and Para- typhoid Fever.s 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 . Smallpox ■— — — ■— — Measles 0.02 0.03 0.02 0.01 — Scarlet Fever... 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.03 Whooping Cough 0.04 0.04 0.03 0.00 0.03 Diphtheria 0.07 0.08 0.05 0.05 0.07 Influenza 0.4.5 0.39 0.42 0.38 0.79 Violence 0.54 0.45 0.42 0.51 0.50 Xotifl cations— Smallpox 0.00 — 0.00 — Scarlet Fever... 2.3.3 2.50 2.42 2.09 3.02 Diphtheria 1.49 1.81 1.38 1.93 0.80 Enteric Fever 0.05 0.00 0.04 0.05 0.03 Erysipelas 0.37 0.43 0.34 0.44 0.37 Pneumonia ... 1.3G 1.58 1.20 1.18 0.99 Rates per 1,000 Live Births Deaths under 1 year of age 58 02 55 00 41.77 Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis under 2 years of age ... 5.8 7.9 3.2 12.0 — Maternal Mortality-—• Puerperal Sepsis 0.97 Not ava liable 2.40 Others 2.20 — Total ... 3.23 2.40 Rate s per 1,000 Total Births (i.e. Live and Still) ^Maternal Mortality— Puerperal Sepsis 0.94 2.35 Others 2.17 Not ava liable — Total ... 3.11 2.35 Notifications— Puerperal Fever ] 13.93 17.59 11.52 / 4.15 — Puerperal Pyrexia j 1 14.34 11.77