Table: SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS, 1952.
SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS, 1952.
| England and Wales | 160 County Boro's and Great Towns (including London) | 160 Smaller Towns (Resident Population) 25,000 to 50.000 at 1951 Census | London Administrative County | Urban District of Crayford |
|---|
| Rates per 1,00 Home Population |
| BIRTHS. | | | | | |
| Live Births | 15.3 | 16.9 | 15.5 | 17.6 | 14.4 |
| Still Births | 0.35 22.6(a) | 0.43 24.6(a) | 0.36 23.0(a) | 0.34 19.2(a) | 0.28 19.6(a) |
| DEATHS. | | | | | |
| All Causes | 11.3 | 12.1 | 11.2 | 12.6 | 9.11 |
| Typhoid and paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Tuberculosis | 0.24 | 0.28 | 0.22 | 0.31 | 0.11 |
| Influenza | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.11 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (including Polioencephalitis) | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Pneumonia | 0.47 | 0.52 | 0.43 | 0.58 | 0.11 |
| NOTIFICATIONS. (Corrected). | | | | | |
| Typhoid Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Paratyphoid Fever Meningoccocal In | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.04 |
| fection | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.04 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1.53 | 1.75 | 1.58 | 1.56 | 3.56 |
| Whooping Cough | 2.61 | 2.74 | 2.57 | 1.66 | 3.31 |
| Diphtheria | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Erysipelas | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.25 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — |
| Measles | 8.86 | 10.11 | 8.49 | 9.23 | 12.86 |
| Pneumonia | 0.72 | 0.80 | 0.62 | 0.57 | 0.61 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (Including Polioencephalitis) | | | | | |
| Paralytic | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.07 |
| Non-paralytic | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.00 |
| Food Poisoning | 0.13 | 0.16 | 0.11 | 0.18 | 0.00 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 17.87(a) | 23.94(a) | 10.22(a) | 30.77(a) | 12.2(a) |
| Rate per 1,000 Live Births |
| DEATHS. | | | | | |
| All causes under 1 year of age | 27.6(b) | 31.2 | 25.8 | 23.8 | 25.0 |
| Enteritis and diarrhoea under 2 years of age | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.00 |
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(a) Per 1,000 total (Live and Still) Births.
(b) Per 1,000 related Live Births.
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