London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Acton 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS
The following table shows the birth rates and death rates for Acton as compared with England and Wales since 1948.
| Year | Live Birth Rate | Still Birth Rate i | Death Rate | Maternal Mortality Rate | Infantile Mortality Rate | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acton | E. & W. | Acton | E. & W. | Acton | E. & W. | Acton | E. & W. | Acton | E. & W. | |
| 1948 | 16.71 | 17.9 | 16.3 | 23.2 | 9.4* | 10.8 | 0.00 | 1.02 | 24.4 | 34 |
| 1949 | 15.4* | 16.7 | 19.8 | 22.7 | 10.9 | 11.7 | 0.00 | 0.98 | 23.04 | 32 |
| 1950 | 13.6 | 15.8 | 28.3 | 22.7 | 11.4 | 11.6 | 0.00 | 0.86 | 25.1 | 29.8 |
| 1951 | 13.7 | 15.5 | 28.9 | 23.0 | 11.4 | 12.5 | 0.00 | 0.79 | 23.7 | 29.6 |
| 1952 | 13.2 | 15.3 | 23.2 | 22.7 | 10.08 | 11.3 | 0.00 | 0.72 | 18.6 | 27.6 |
| 1953 | 12.3 | 15.5 | 21.8 | 22.5 | 10.14 | 11.4 | 0.00 | 0.76 | 25.7 | 26.8 |
| 1954 | 13.5 | 15.2 | 20.0 | 23.5 | 9.42 | 11.3 | 0.00 | 0.69 | 16.4 | 25.4 |
| 1955 | 11.8 | 15.0 | 17.4 | 23.2 | 10.19 | 11.7 | 0.00 | 0.64 | 20.0 | 24.9 |
| 1956 | 12.8 | 15.7 | 24.5 | 23.0 | 11.33 | 11.7 | 0.00 | 0.56 | 23.0 | 23.8 |
| 1957 | 13.3 | 16.1 | 22.9 | 22.4 | 10.49 | 11.5 | 0.00 | 0.47 | 19.2 | 23.0 |
* Birth and death comparability factors were not available during these years. Consequently it is not strictly possible to
compare the birth and death rates for Acton with those for England and Wales.