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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hendon 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1951
| England and Wales. | 126 County Boro's & Great Towns including London. | 148 smaller Towns (Resident Population 25,000—50,000 at census). | London Administrative County. | Hendon. Borough of | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births : | Rates per 1,000 Home Population. | ||||
| Live Births | 15.50 | 17.30 | 16.70 | 17.80 | 13.36 |
| Stillbirths | 0.36 | 0.45 | 0.38 | 0.37 | 0.27 |
| Deaths : | |||||
| All causes | 12.50 | 13.40 | 12.50 | 13.10 | 10.50 |
| Typhoid & Paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Tuberculosis | 0.31 | 0.37 | 0.31 | 0.38 | 0.20 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Pneumonia | 0.61 | 0.65 | 0.63 | 0.61 | 0.43 |
| Influenza | 0.38 | 0.36 | 0.38 | 0.23 | 0.23 |
| Deaths : | Rates per 1,000 Live Births. | ||||
| All causes under 1 year of age | 29.6(a) | 33.9(a) | 27.6(a) | 26.4(a) | 22.6(a) |
| Enteritis and Diarrhoea under 2 years of age | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| Notifications (Corrected): | Rates per 1,000 Home Population. | ||||
| Typhoid Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.03 |
| Meningococcal Infecttion | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1.11 | 1.20 | 1.20 | 1.10 | 0.94 |
| Whooping Cough | 3.87 | 3.62 | 4.00 | 3.11 | 3.87 |
| Diphtheria | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Erysipelas | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.15 | 0.13 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Measles | 14.07 | 13.93 | 14.82 | 14.64 | 10.39 |
| Pneumonia | 0.99 | 1.04 | 0.96 | 0.72 | 1.37 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (including Polioencephalitis : Paralytic | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| Non-Paralytic | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| Food Poisoning | 0.13 | 0.15 | 0.08 | 0.23 | 0.14 |
| Rates per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births. | |||||
| Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia | 10.66 | 13.77 | 8.08 | 14.90 | 49.90 |
(a) Per 1,000 related live births.
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