[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council] page 223

London County Council 1954

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Table 7— Infant mortality by cause—Administrative County of London, 1931.1954

(Rates per 1,000 live births)

Cause of death	1931 to 1935	1936 to 1940	1941 to 1945	1946 to 1950	1951	1952	1953	1954
Whooping cough	2.17	1.66	1.62	0.54	0.17	0.08	0.28	0.06
Tuberculosis	0.73	0.55	0.56	0.25	0.08	0.04	0.14	0.08
Measles	1.17	0.79	0.34	0.08	0.13	.	0.06	0.02
Bronchitis	2.11	1.80	1.82	0.90	0.95	0.83	0.88	2.71
Pneumonia	11.12	9.44	7.56	4.25	2.45	3.05	3.16	2.71
Gastro.enteritis	10.81	10.29	7.76	2.70	0.76	0.80	1.28	0.43
Immaturity	14.75	12.56	12.06	6.82	4.71	4.19	3.99	3.71
Influenza	0.36	0.32	0.33	0.19	0.15	0.02	0.10	(a)
Other causes	13.02	11.12	6.32	3.84	3.72	2.29	2.61	(b)
Congenital mal., etc.	7.15	7.29	12.03	11.63	12.35	11.77	11.40	(b)
Congenital malformations	Previously included in Congenital malformations, etc.							3.52
Injury at birth								2.35
Post-natal asphyxia and atelectosis								4.07
Haemolytic disease								0.55
Convulsions	—	—	-	-	-	-	-	0.02
Accidental mechanical suffocation	—	—	—	—	—	-	-	0.12
Other causes	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.04
All causes	63	56	51	31	25	23	24	21

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(a) Now included in other causes. (b) Now re.grouped.

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

England and Wales, 1944.54

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Table 9— Cases of infectious illness reported from schools in 1954 and preceding years—

Administrative County of London

Year	Chicken.pox	Diphtheria	Rubella	Impetigo	Measles	Mumps	Ophthalmia and conjunctivitis	Poliomyelitis	Ringworm	Scabies	Scarlet fever	Whooping cough
1938	11,018	3,576	2,383	1,018	31,852	4,805	342	.	278	2,718	3,988	4,067
1946	5,602	290	349	381	8,291	5,296	251	5	245	1,488	1,654	2,421
1947	7,423	263	1,571	264	6,684	2,845	233	153	180	650	1,974	3,660
1948	7,745	187	491	243	11,545	9,162	297	34	119	323	2,078	3,691
1949	5,528	135	313	178	7,651	2,113	361	132	71	120	2,359	1,814
1950	7,773	63	312	151	7,495	7,638	275	91	79	106	1,925	4,039
1951	16,756	26	2,193	212	15,045	6,127	1,685	29	138	73	1,811	3,338
1952	14,281	31	16,115	266	13,127	8,391	1,245	70	138	93	3,042	2,028
1953	7,143	17	686	195	8,282	2,614	526	81	127	64	1,703	3,478
1954	13,891	7	567	402	2,439	13,051	452	28	110	81	1,292	1,587