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Hayes and Harlington 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hayes]
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BIRTH-RATES, DEATH-RATES, ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY, MATERNAL MORTALITY AND CASE-RATES FOR CERTAIN INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN THE YEAR 1951
PROVISIONAL FIGURES BASED ON QUARTERLY RETURNS
| England and Wales | 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns (including London) | 148 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census) | London Administrative County | Hayes and Harlington | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,000 Home. Population | |||||
| Births— | |||||
| Live Births | 15.5 | 17.3 | 14.37 | ||
| Still births | o.37 | ||||
| Deaths— | |||||
| All causes | 13.4 | 13.1 | |||
| Typhoid and paratyphoid | _ | _ | |||
| Whooping cough | 0.01 | 0.01 | |||
| Diphtheria | — | ||||
| Tuberculosis | 0.37 | o.37 | |||
| Influenza | |||||
| Smallpox | — | — | |||
| Acute poliomyelitis (including polioencephalitis) | 0.01 | ||||
| Pneumonia | |||||
| Notifications (Corrected) | |||||
| Typhoid fever | — | ||||
| Para-typhoid fever | — | ||||
| Meningococcal infection | 0.01 | ||||
| Scarlet fever | 1.10 | 1.55 | |||
| Whooping cough | 3.11 | 5.07 | |||
| Diphtheria | — | ||||
| Ei ysipelas | |||||
| Smallpox | — | ||||
| Measles | 13.93 | ||||
| Pneumonia | 1.45 | ||||
| Acute poliomyelitis (including polioencephalitis) : | |||||
| Paralytic | |||||
| Non-paralytic | |||||
| Food poisoning | — | ||||
| Rates per 1,000 Live Births | |||||
| Deaths— | |||||
| All causes under i year of age | 33.9 | 14.93 | |||
| Enteritis and diarrhoea under 2 years of age | 1.4 | 1.0 | |||
| Rates per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births | |||||
| Notifications: (Corrected): Puerperal fever and pyrexia | 1377 | ||||
| Maternal Mortality (Rates per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births) | England and Wales | Hayes and Harlington | |||
| Sepsis of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium | 0.10 | ||||
| Abortion with toxaemia | |||||
| Other toxaemias of pregnancy and the puerperium | |||||
| Haemorrhage of pregnancy and childbirth | |||||
| Abortion without mention of sepsis or toxaemia | |||||
| Abortion with sepsis | |||||
| Other complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium | |||||
*per 1,000 related live births
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