London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Acton 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS
The following table shows the birth rates and death rates for Acton as compared with England and Wales since 1949.
| Year | Live Birth Rate | Still Birth Rate | Death Rate | Maternal Mortality Rate | Infantile Mortality Rate | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acton | E. & W. | Acton | E. & W. | Acton | E. & W. | Acton | E. & W. | Acton | E. & W | |
| 1949 | 15.41 | 16.7 | 19.8 | 22.7 | 10.9 | 11.7 | 0.00 | 0.98 | 23.04 | 32 |
| 1950 | 13.6 | 15.8 | 28.3 | 22.7 | 11.4 | 11.6 | 0.00 | 0.86 | 25.1 | 29.8 |
| 1951 | 13.7 | 15.5 | 28.9 | 23.0 | 11.4 | 12.5 | 0.00 | 0.79 | 23.7 | 29.6 |
| 1952 | 13.2 | 15.3 | 23.2 | 22.7 | 10.08 | 11.3 | 0.00 | 0.72 | 18.6 | 27.6 |
| 1953 | 12.3 | 15.5 | 21.8 | 22.5 | 10.14 | 11.4 | 0.00 | 0.76 | 25.7 | 26.8 |
| 1954 | 13.5 | 15.2 | 20.0 | 23.5 | 9.42 | 11.3 | 0.00 | 0.69 | 16.4 | 25.4 |
| 1955 | 11.8 | 150 | 17.4 | 23.2 | 10.19 | 11.7 | 0.00 | 0.64 | 20.0 | 24.9 |
| 1956 | 12.8 | 15.7 | 24.5 | 23.0 | 11.33 | 11.7 | 0.00 | 0.56 | 23.0 | 23.8 |
| 1957 | 13.3 | 16.1 | 22.9 | 22.4 | 10.94 | 11.5 | 0.00 | 0.47 | 19.2 | 23.0 |
| 1958 | 14.2 | 16.4 | 17.9 | 21.6 | 11.42 | 11.7 | 0.00 | 0.43 | 22.2 | 22.5 |
* A birth comparability factor was not available for this year Consequently it is not strictly possible to compare
the birth rate for Acton with that for England and Wales.