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Wimbledon 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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Birth Rates, Death Rates, Analysis of Mortality,
Maternal Mortality and Case Rates for Certain Infectious Diseases
in the Year 1954.
| Wimbledon | England and Wales | 160 C.B.s and Great Towns including London | 160 Smaller Towns (resident populat'n 25,000-50,000 at 1951 Census) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | |
| 12.94 | 15.2 | 16.8 | 15.4 | |
| Stillbirths | 0.30 | 0.36 | — | — |
| 22.44* | 23.5* | 23.3* | 24.0* | |
| All causes | 8.51 | 11.3 | 11.1 | 11.3 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | - | — | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | — | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Diphtheria | — | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Tuberculosis | 0.07 | 0.18 | 0.20 | 0.18 |
| Influenza | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.04 |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (including polioencephalitis) | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Pneumonia | 0.33 | 0.41 | 0.45 | 0.41 |
| Cancer | 2.27 | 2.03 | — | — |
| Infant deaths (all causes under 1 year) | 15.30† | 25.5† | 29.l† | 23.7† |
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years of age) | — | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.5 |
* Per 1,000 total (live and still) births.
† Per 1,000 related live births.
A dash (—) under column (1) signifies that there were no deaths
- in other columns that information not available.
Maternal Mortality — England and Wales
Rates per 1,000 live and still births.
No. of deaths Rate
Maternal causes, excluding abortion 402 0.58
Due to abortion 76 0.11
Total Maternal Mortality 478 0.69
Estimated mid-1954 female population 15-44 years 9,236,000
As previously stated in the report there were no maternal deaths
in Wimbledon during 1954.
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