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Hendon 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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COMPARISON OF VITAL STATISTICS OF HENDON
WITH THOSE OF ENGLAND AND WALES, ETC., FOR
THE YEAR 1937.
Birth-rates, Death-rates, Analysis of Mortality, Maternal
Death-rates, and Case-rates for certain Infectious Diseases
in the year 1937.
England and Wales, London, 125 Great Towns and 148
Smaller Towns.
(Provisional Figures based on Weekly and Quarterly Returns).
TABLE III.
| England and Wales | 125 County Horoughs and Great Towns (including London) | 148 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census) | l.ondon administrative County | Hendon | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bates per 1,000 Population | |||||
| Live | 14. 9 | 14. 9 | 15. 3 | 13. 3 | 12.46 |
| Still | 0.60 | 0.67 | 0.64 | 0.54 | 0.43 |
| All Causes | 12. 4 | 12.5 | 11. 9 | 12. 3 | 10.59 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid fevers | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | -_ |
| Measles | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Scarlet fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | - |
| Whooping Cough | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.01 |
| Diphtheria | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
| Influenza | 0.45 | 0.39 | 0.42 | 0.38 | 0.37 |
| Violence | 0.54 | 0.45 | 0.42 | 0.51 | 0.60 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | - | 0.00 | - | - |
| Scarlet fever | 2.33 | 2.56 | 2.42 | 2.09 | 1.69 |
| Diphtheria | 1.49 | 1.81 | 1.38 | 1.93 | 0.84 |
| Enteric fever | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.01 |
| Erysipelas | 0.37 | 0.43 | 0.34 | 0.44 | 0.31 |
| Pneumonia | 1.36 | 1.58 | 1.20 | 1.18 | 1.05 |