The Health Services
1944-05 1944 1940s 23 pages 14 V. — FACTS AND FIGURES. Health Services have caused improvement — In England and Wales during the last 70 years :— The death rate has......................... fallen by half. The infant mortality rate has ........... fallen by two-third...
| Institution: | MCR - The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick |
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| Language: | English English |
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London : C. W. Publishing Ltd.
May 1944
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10796/3580ADC5-8CEB-4B64-971A-C9A4B2D142A3 http://hdl.handle.net/10796/014090C9-C616-4964-9448-6D606B402609 |
| Summary: | 1944-05
1944
1940s
23 pages
14 V. — FACTS AND FIGURES. Health Services have caused improvement — In England and Wales during the last 70 years :— The death rate has......................... fallen by half. The infant mortality rate has ........... fallen by two-thirds. Cholera, typhus, typhoid, and smallpox have been................................. practically wiped out. The death rate from diphtheria has..... fallen by half. The death rate from puerperal fever has ... fallen by four-fifths. The death rate from tuberculosis has .... fallen by four-fifths. In London— In 1926-35 school boys were on an average 6 lb. heavier and 1in. taller than in 1909-14. In 1936 boys who applied for employment were on an average 16 lb. heavier and 1½in. taller than boys applying in 1911.[superscript 1] Infant Mortality. Infant Mortality is generally regarded as a measure of the health of a nation. The following are the number of deaths during the first year of life per thousand live births.[superscript 2] England and Wales. Scotland 1916-20 90 99 1921-25 76 92 1926-30 68 85 1931-35 62 81 1936-40 55 76 1942 49 69 Infant Mortality in Various Countries and Large Towns. New Zealand 32 Amsterdam 31 Holland 39 Stockholm 35 Australia 39 Auckland 35 Norway 43 New York 38 Switzerland 46 Toronto 48 U.S.A. 56 London 50 England and Wales 57 Edinburgh 61 Germany 65 Glasgow 87 France 67 Canada 69 Scotland 77 Spain 112 Japan 115 Poland 137 Portugal 147 Egypt 163 British India 169
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