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Table 4—Principal vital statistics—Administrative County oj London, 1906.1955
Year(s)
Annual rate per
1,000 living
Annual mortality per 1,000 living (a)
Annual mortality
Infant
(per 1,000
live
births)
Maternal
(per 1,000
total
births (b))
Live
births
Marriages
Deaths
(all causes)
Tuberculosis
Diphtheria
Influenza
Measles
Meningococcal
infection
Whooping
cough
Bronchitis
Pneumonia
(all forms)
Other resp.
diseases
Heart
disease
Cancer
Diabetes
Violence
Infants
0—1
Diarrhoea and
enteritis 0—2
Puerperal
sepsis
Other
child-birth
Pulmonary
Non-pulmonary
Suicide
Road
accidents
Other
violence
1906-10 ..
26-5
17-4
14-9
1-39
0-48
0-14
0-22
0-42
(0
0-29
1-22
1-49
0-22
1-26
1-11
0-10
0-12
(<0
0-09
0-40
114
23-8
1-46
1-47
1911-15 ..
24-0
20-0
14-8
1-39
0-39
0-13
0-16
0-43
0-02
0-22
1-29
1-33
0-21
1-54
1-16
0-11
0-10
0-12
0-38
108
28-0
1-40
1-57
1916-20 ..
20-0
20-1
151
1-43
0-34
0-17
1-01
0-28
0-04
0-20
1-30
1-38
0-19
1-71
1-28
0-09
0-08
0-13
0-34
92
15-4
1-64
1-72
1921-25 ..
19-9
17-9
12-3
1-01
0-19
0-17
0-32
0-17
0-01
0-15
0-97
1-14
0-16
1-66
1-38
0-10
0-12
0-12
0-23
71
11-7
1-36
1-63
1926-30 ..
16-2
18-6
12-3
0-90
0-14
0-10
0-30
0-16
0-02
0-11
0-72
1-00
0-16
2-29
1-52
0-12
0-14
0-18
0-25
64
10-2
1-60
1-63
1931-35 ..
13-8
19-5
12-1
0-79
0-11
0-08
0-26
0-09
0-03
0-07
0-47
0-85
014
2-99
1-66
0-14
0-16
0-17
0-25
63
11-6
0-99
1-38
1936-40 ..
13-6
25-4
13-4
0-72
0-09
0-04
0-19
0-04
0-02
0-04
0-67
0-83
0-13
3-67
1-87
0-16
0-15
0-15
0-70
56
10-9
0-48
0-96
1941—45 ..
15-4
23-3
16-0
0-90
0-11
0-02
0-14
0-01
0-02
0-04
1-14
0-91
0-16
3-99
2-38
0-11
0-12
0-12
1-27
48
8-0
0-27
104
1946-50 ..
18-2
22-4
11-8
0-53
0-06
0-00
0-08
0-01
0-01
0-02
0-87
0-62
0-13
3-31
2-10
0-07
0-12
0-09
0-29
32
3-0
0-07
0-53
1951
15-6
20-6
12-6
0-34
0-04
0-00
0-24
0-01
0-01
0-01
1-14
0-64
0-12
3-87
2-27
0-09
0-13
0-09
0-24
25
0-8
0-06
0-39
1952
15-3
19-9
12-0
0-28
0-03
0-00
0-05
0-00
0-01
0-00
1-09
0-61
0-12
3-55
2-30
0-08
0-11
0-07
0-22
23
0-8
015
0-51
1953
15-3
19-7
11-6
0-21
0-02
—
0-15
0-00
0-01
0-01
107
0-64
0-12
3-25
2-34
0-07
0-14
0-08
0-21
24
1-4
0-02
0-38
1954
15-2
19-8
10-7
0-18
0-02
—
0-02
0-00
0-01
0-00
0-66
0-48
0-10
3-22
2-31
0-06
0-15
0-08
0-21
21
0-5
0-06
0-48
1955
15-1
20-8
11-5
0-16
0-01
0-00
0-05
0-00
0-01
0-00
0-88
0-63
0-11
3-37
2-39
0-07
0-14
0-10
0-22
23
0-5
0-06
0-55
(a) Death-rates from 1939 to 1949 relate to the civilian population only
(4) The rates are per 1,000 total births from 1928 when still births were first registered. Prior to this year the rates are per 1,000 live births, and are estimated to be
approx. 0.05 in excess of the rate per 1,000 total births. From 1931 deaths from abortion are excluded.
(c) Comparable figures are not available for this period.
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