[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council] page 150

London County Council 1953

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Table: T able 7— Infant mortality by cause—Administrative County of London,1931-1953(Rates per 1,000 live births)

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T able 7— Infant mortality by cause—Administrative County of London,1931-1953

(Rates per 1,000 live births)

Cause of death	1931 to 1935	1936 to 1940	1941 to 1945	1946 to 1950	1951	1952	1953
Measles	1.17	0.79	0.34	0.08	0.13	—	0.06
Whooping-cough	2.17	1.66	1.62	0.54	0.17	0.08	0.28
Influenza	0.36	0.32	0.33	0.19	0.15	0.02	0.10
Tuberculosis	0.73	0.55	0.56	0.25	0.08	0.04	0.14
Bronchitis	2.11	1.80	1.82	0.90	0.95	0.83	0.88
Pneumonia	11.12	9.44	7.56	4.25	2.41	3.05	3.16
Diarrhoea	10.81	10.29	7.76	2.70	0.76	0.80	1.28
Premature birth	14.75	12.56	12.06	6.82	4.71	4.19	3.99
Congenital mal., etc.	7.15	7.29	12.03	11.63	12.35	11.77	11.40
Other causes	13.02	11.12	6.32	3.84	3.72	2.29	2.61
All causes	63	56	51	31	25	23	24

Table: T able 8— Maternal mortality(excluding abortion)—Administrative County of London andEngland and Wales,1943-53(Rates per1,000total births)

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T able 8— Maternal mortality(excluding abortion)—Administrative County of London and

England and Wales,1943-53(Rates per1,000total births)

	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952	1953
Puerperal sepsis:
London	0.24	0.17	0.26	0.12	0.12	0.13	0.02	—	0.06	0.13	—
England and Wales	0.39	0.28	0.24	0.18	0.16	0.13	0.11	0.12	0.10	0.09	0.10
Other causes:
London	1.06	0.85	1.09	0.80	0.55	0.37	0.38	0.53	0.39	0.53	0.40
England and Wales	1.44	1.24	1.23	1.06	0.86	0.73	0.71	0.60	0.56	0.50	0.54

Table: T able 9 — Tuberculosis—Statutory notifications and deaths—Administrative County of London,1921-53 (a)

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T able 9 — Tuberculosis—Statutory notifications and deaths—Administrative County of London,

1921-53 (a)

Year(s)	Pulmonary tuberculosis				Non.pulmonary tuberculosis
	Statutory notifications		Deaths		Statutory notifications		Deaths
	No.	Annual rate per 1,000 living	No.	Annual rate per 1,000 living	No.	Annual rate per 1,000 living	No.	Annual rate per 1,000 living
1921-25	38,807	1.71	22,980	1.01	10,881	0.48	4,383	0.19
1926-30	34,353	1.53	20,247	0.90	8,971	0.40	3,080	0.14
1931-35	29,569	1.38	17,075	0.79	6,322	0.29	2,354	0.11
1936-40	24,848	1.29	13,664	0.71	4,510	0.23	1,861	0.09
1941	4,577	1.83	2,552	1.02	675	0.27	343	0.14
1942	4,734	1.80	2,164	0.82	796	0.30	283	0.11
1943	5,066	1.82	2,204	0.79	782	0.28	256	0.09
1944	5,056	1.84	2,073	0.75	673	0.24	237	0.09
1945	4,893	1.68	2,033	0.70	614	0.21	224	0.08
1946	5,137	1.57	1,940	0.59	611	0.19	243	0.07
1947	5,421	1.58	2,044	0.60	662	0.19	252	0.07
1948	5,473	1.61	1,900	0.56	600	0.18	202	0.06
1949	5,699	1.68	1,585	0.47	553	0.16	156	0.05
1950	5,189	1.53	1,225	0.36	529	0.16	122	0.04
1951	4,897	1.46	1,154	0.34	507	0.15	125	0.04
1952	4,713	1.40	933	0.28	518	0.15	86	0.03
1953	4,668	1.40	690	0.21	410	0.12	73	0.02

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(a) Excluding posthumous cases.