[Report 1943-1944] / Medical Officer of Health and Sanitary / Public Health Inspector, Peterborough City.

Peterborough (England). City Council. nr 94004832.

Date:: 1944

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Credit: [Report 1943-1944] / Medical Officer of Health and Sanitary / Public Health Inspector, Peterborough City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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1944 Peterborough. England and Wales. 148 Smaller towns, pop : 25,000 to 50,000 (1931 census). Actual Nos. Rates per 1,000 Population {Civil) BIRTHS : — Live 1007 20.4 17.6 20.9 Still . 23 0.4 0.50 0.61 DEATHS : — All Causes 566 11.6 11.6 12.4 Scarlet Fever . 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 Typhoid 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 Cerebro-spinal Fever. 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 Diphtheria 1 0.02 0.02 0.03 Whooping Cough 1 f 0.02 0.03 0.02 Measles 0 0.00 0.01 0.01 NOTIFICATIONS : — Scarlet Fever . 68 1.37 2.40 2.67 Diphtheria 9 0.18 0.58 0.69 Typhoid (or paratyphoid) 0 0.00 0.01 0.01 Dysentery 1 0.02 0.25 n.a. Cerebro-spinal Fever. 1 0.02 0.05 0.04 Pneumonia 32 0.66 0.97 0.82 Measles 108 2.2 4.16 3.94 Whooping Cough 196 4.0 2.49 2.29 Per 1,000 {Live) Births NOTIFICATIONS (cont.y Puerperal Pyrexia 5 5.00 10.34 9.25 MORTALITY (cont.)— Infant Deaths under one year 39 39 46 44 (a) Legitimate ... f 32 36* (b) Illegitimate . { 7 60 f Maternal Mortality .... 1 1.00 1.93 n.a. * per 1,000 legitimate birthsu f per 1,000 illegitimate births. $ infant 3 weeks old.