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

  • Edmonton (London, England). Municipal Borough.
Date:
[1939?]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    COMPARATIVE STATISTICS. The Registrar-General has forwarded provisional figures relating to the Country as a whole, and to London, enabling the following comparisons to be made:— Birth-rate Death-rate per 1,000 births. per 1,000 population From diarrhoea, Total deaths Live Still etc., under 2 years under 1 year England and Wales 0.60 5.5 53 London I3.4 0.48 13.1 57 Edmonton ■5.8 0.60 8.5 44.7 Annual Death Rate per 1,000 of Population. All Causes Enteric Fever Smallpox Measles Scarlet Fever Whooping Cough Diphtheria Influenza Violence[/##] England and Wales 11.6 .00 .00 .04 .o1 .03 .02 .11 .00 London 11.4 .00 .00 .06 .01 •03 •05 .06 .00 Edmonton 9.26 .01 .00 00 .01 .00 .04 .01 .65 The following table gives the number of births and deaths (registered) subdivided into the four wards of the Borough. It should be remembered that the births are only of those which occurred in Edmonton and of course of Edmonton addresses ; these arc registered in Edmonton Births which take place outside the Borough are not included ; this fact accounts for the difference between these figures and those supplied by the Registrar-General. The deaths include those taking place outside the Borough, the information being given us quarterly by the Registrar-General. Ward Births Deaths Infant Deaths M F M F M F Bury Street 252 236 127 149 15 12 Church Street 111 124 95 117 12 2 Angel Road 149 I40 119 82 13 6 Silver Street 178 192 140 5 10 3 Vagrants .. 5 2 .. .. 690 692 486 465 50 23 11