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Stoke Newington 1952

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]

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BIRTH RATES, CIVILIAN DEATH RATES, ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY, MATERNAL MORTALITY AND CASE RATES FOR CERTAIN INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN THE

YEAR 1952.

(Provisional figures based on Quarterly Returns)

England and WalesLondon Administrative CountyStoke Newington
Rates per 1,000 Home Population
Births:—
Live Births15.317.616.20
Still Births0.350.340.25
Deaths:—
All causes11.312.611.00
Typhoid & Paratyphoid0.00
Whooping Cough0.000.00
Diphtheria0.000.000.01
Tuberculosis0.240.310.25
Influenza0.040.050.04
Smallpox0.00
Acute Poliomyelitis (including Polio-encephalitis)0.010.01
Pneumonia0.470.580.63
Notifications (corrected):—
Typhoid Fever0.000.00
Paratyphoid Fever0.020.01
Meningococcal Infection0.030.020.03
Scarlet Fever1.531.562.21
Whooping Cough2.611.662.17
Diphtheria0.010.010.01
Erysipelas0.140.140.03
Smallpox0.00
Measles8.869.2311.04
Pneumonia0.720.570.17
Acute Poliomyelitis (including
Polio-encephalitis) :—
Paralytic0.060.060.04
Non-paralytic0.030.030.01
Food Poisoning0.130.18
Puerperal Pyrexia17.87 (a)30.77 (a)7.20 (a)
Rates per 1,000 Live Births
Deaths:—
All causes under 1 year of age27.6 (b)23.813.41
Enteritis and Diarrhoea under 2years of age1.10.7

(a) Per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births.
(b) Per 1,000 related Live Births.
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