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Hendon 1938
[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
TIIE YEAR 1938.
Birth-rates, Death-rates, Analysis of Mortality, Maternal
Death-rates, and Case-rates for certain Infectious Diseases
in the year 1938.
England and Wales, London, 126 Great Towns ard 148
Smaller Towns.
(Provisional Figures based on Weekly and Quarterly Returns).
TABLE III.
| England and Wales | 126 County Poroughs and Great Towns (including London) | 148 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census) | London adminis-trative Comity | Hendon | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,000 Population | |||||
| Births:— | |||||
| Live | 15J | 15.0 | 15.4 | 13.4 | 12.93 |
| Still | 0.60 | 0.65 | 0.60 | 0.48 | 0.45 |
| Deaths:— | |||||
| All Causes | 11.6 | 11.7 | 11.0 | 11.4 | 9.38 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid fevers | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | — | — |
| Measles | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.01 |
| Scarlet fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 |
| Diphtheria | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.03 |
| Influenza | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.06 | 0.04 |
| Notifications:— Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Scarlet fever | 2.41 | 2.60 | 2.58 | 2.05 | 1.98 |
| Diphtheria | 1.58 | 1.85 | 1.53 | 1.90 | 1.34 |
| Enteric fever | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.03 |
| Erysipelas | 0.40 | 0.46 | 0.39 | 0.46 | 0.27 |
| Pneumonia | 1.10 | 1.28 | 0.98 | 0.98 | 0.71 |