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Hayes and Harlington 1953
[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 1953
PROVISIONAL FIGURES BASED ON QUARTERLY RETURNS
| England and Wales | 160 County Boroughs and Great Towns (including London) | 160 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1951 Census) | London Admi nis-trative County | Hayes and Harlington | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births: | Rates per 1,000 Home Population | ||||
| -Live births | 15.5 | 17.0 | 157 | 17.5 | 13.84 |
| Stillbirtlis | 0.35 22.4 * | 0.43 24.8 • | 0.34 21.4 * | 0.38 21.0 * | 0.28 18.42* |
| Deaths : | |||||
| All causes | 11.4 | 12.2 | 11.3 | 12.5 | 10.71 |
| Typhoid and paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | - | - |
| Whooping cough | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — |
| Tuberculosis | 0.20 | 0.24 | 0.19 | 0.24 | 0.12 |
| Influenza | 0.16 | 0.15 | 0.17 | 0.15 | 0.14 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | - |
| Acute poliomyelitis (including polioencephalitis) | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | - |
| Pneumonia | 0.55 | 0.59 | 0.52 | 0.64 | 0 49 |
| Notifications : (Corrected) : | |||||
| Typhoid fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | — |
| Para-typhoid fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | - |
| Meningococcal infection | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.03 | O.03 |
| Scarlet fever | 1.39 | 1.50 | 1.44 | 1.02 | 1.29 |
| Whooping cough | 3.58 | 3.72 | 3.38 | 3.30 | 3.95 |
| Diphtheria | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | - |
| Erysipelas | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.13 | O.I2 | 0.11 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | — |
| Measles | 12.36 | 11.27 | 12.32 | 8.09 | 14.41 |
| Pneumonia | 0.84 | 0.92 | 0.76 | 0.73 | i-55 |
| Acute poliomyelitis (including polioencephalitis) : | |||||
| Paralytic | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.06 |
| N on-paralytic | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.04 | O.O3 | 0.05 |
| Food poisoning | 0.24 | 0.25 | 0.24 | O. 38 | — |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 18.23* | 24-33* | 12.46* | 28.61* | 12.28* |
| Rates per 1,000 Live Births | |||||
| Deaths : | |||||
| All causes under 1 year of age | 26.8† | 30.8 | 243 | 24.8 | 25.03 |
| Enteritis and diarrhoea under 2 years of age | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.04 |
| Maternal Mortality (Rates per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births) | Engl and and Wales | Hayes and Harlington | |||
| Sepsis of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium | 0.10 | _ | |||
| Abortion with toxaemia | 0.01 | — | |||
| Other toxaemias of pregnancy and the puerperium | 0.24 | — | |||
| Haemorrhage of pregnancy and childbirth | 0.13 | — | |||
| Abortion without mention of sepsis or toxaemia | 0.04 | — | |||
| Abortion with sepsis | 0.06 | — | |||
| Other complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium | 0.18 | 1.02 | |||
| * Per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births, † Per 1,000 related Live Births. | |||||