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
Ealing 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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| Area (in Acres) | 8,783 | |||||||||
| Population (Census, 1931) | .. 116,771 | |||||||||
| Population (estimated middle of 1950) | .. 188,800 | |||||||||
| Rateable Value, 1st April, 1950 | £1,877,330 | |||||||||
| Net Product of a Penny Rate, 1950-51 | £7,839 | |||||||||
| Live Births:— | ||||||||||
| Legitimate Males, | 1,280 | Females, | 1,196 | Total | 2,476 | |||||
| Illegitimate Males, | 65 | Females, | 49 | Total | 114 | |||||
| 2,590 | ||||||||||
| Birth-Rate per 1,000 of Estimated Population | 13.7 | |||||||||
| Still-Births :— | ||||||||||
| Males, | 33 | Females, | 26 | Total | 59 | |||||
| Rate per 1,000 total Births (Live and Still-Births) .. | 22.3 | |||||||||
| Deaths : | Males, | 860 | Females, | 929 | Total | 1,789 | ||||
| Death-Rate per 1,000 of Estimated Population | 9.5 | |||||||||
| Deaths of Infants under one year of age:— | ||||||||||
| Legitimate Males, | 37 | Females, | 29 | Total | 66 | |||||
| Illegitimate Males, | 1 | Females | — | Total | 1 | |||||
| 67 | ||||||||||
| Death Rate of Infants under one year of age:— | ||||||||||
| All Infants per 1,000 Live Births | 26 | |||||||||
| Legitimate Infants per 1,000 Legitimate Live Births | 27 | |||||||||
| Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 Illegitimate Live Births | 9 | |||||||||
| Deaths from Diseases and Accidents of Pregnancy and Childbirth:— | ||||||||||
| From Sepsis | — | Death-Rate 1,000 Total Births | — | |||||||
| From other Causes | 2 | „ „ | 0.75 | |||||||
| Total | 2 | „ „ | 0.75 | |||||||
| Measles | — | |||||||||
| Whooping Cough | — | |||||||||
| Diphtheria | — | |||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | — | |||||||||
| Influenza | 6 | |||||||||
| Tuberculosis of Lungs | 48 | |||||||||
| Other Forms of Tuberculosis | 6 | |||||||||
| Gastro-Enteritis and Diarrhoea | 10 | |||||||||