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Hayes and Harlington 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hayes]
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BIRTH RATES, CIVILIAN DEATH RATES. ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY, MATERNAL MORTALITY AND CASE RATES FOR CERTAIN INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN THE YEAR 1948.
PROVISIONAL FIGURES BASED ON QUARTERLY RETURNS
| England and Wales | 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London | 14ft Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census | London Administrative County | Haves and Harling-ton | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,000 civilian population | |||||
| Births— | |||||
| Live Births. | 17.9(a) | 20.0 | 19.2 | 20.1 | 19.2 |
| Still Births | 0.42a | 0.52 | 0 43 | 0.39 | 0.33 |
| Deaths— | |||||
| All Causes | 10.8(a) | 11.6 | 10.7 | 11.6 | 6.9 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - |
| Whooping Cough | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | — |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | — |
| Tuberculosis | 0.51 | 0.59 | 0.46 | 0.63 | 0.32 |
| Influenza | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.03 |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis & Polioencephalitis | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | - |
| Pneumonia | 0.41 | 0.38 | 0.36 | 0.54 | 0.48 |
| Notifications— | |||||
| Typhoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | — |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | — |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 1.73 | 1.90 | 1.82 | 1.37 | 1.23 |
| Whooping Cough | 3.42 | 3.51 | 3.31 | 3.13 | 5.63 |
| Diphtheria | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.10 | — |
| Erysipelas | 0.21 | 0.23 | 0.21 | 0.22 | 0.04 |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | |
| Measles | 9.34 | 9.75 | 8.84 | 9.17 | 8.39 |
| Pneumonia | 0.73 | 0.84 | 0.60 | 0.57 | 0.76 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.03 |
| „ Polioencephalitis | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| Deaths— | Rates per 1,000 Live Births | ||||
| All causes under 1 year of age | 34(6) | 39 | 32 | 31 | 27.88 |
| Enteritis and Diarrhoea under 2 years of age | 3.3 | 4.5 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 1.59 |
| Rates per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births | |||||
| Maternal Mortality— | |||||
| Abortion with sepsis | 0.11 | Figures not avail able. | — | ||
| Abortion without sepsis | 0.05 | — | |||
| Puerperal infections | 0.13 | — | |||
| Others | 0.73 | 0.78 | |||
| Notifications— | |||||
| Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia | 6.89 | 8.90 | 4.71 | 7.34c | 3.13 |
(a) Rates per 1,000 total population. (b) Per 1,000 related births,
(c) In London Puerperal Fever alone was 0.61.
(A dash — signifies that there were no deaths or no notifications).
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