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Hendon 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]

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Table: SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1955.England and Wales Borough of Hendon. Rates per1,000 Hone Population

SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1955.

England and Wales Borough of Hendon. Rates per1,000 Hone Population

Births
Live births15.0011.8
Still births0. 350.20
23.1 (a)15.77 (a)
Deaths.
All causes11.710.52
Typhoid & Paratyphoid Fever0.00-
Whooping Cough0.00-
Diphtheria0.00-
Tuberculosis0.150.07
Smallpox--
Acute Poliomyelitis & Polioencephalitis0.000.01
Pneumonia0.510.58
Influenza0.070.05
Rates per 1,000 Live Births
All causes under 1 year of age24.920.7

Table: NOTIFICATIONS (CORRECTED)Rates per 1,000 Home Population

NOTIFICATIONS (CORRECTED)

Rates per 1,000 Home Population

Typhoid Fever0.00-
Paratyphoid Fever0.020.00
Meningococcal Infection0.030.00
Scarlet Fever0.730.61
Mhooping Cough1.781.27
Diphtheria0.00-
Erysipelas0.100.13
Smallpox0.00-
Measles15.6112.67
Pneumonia0.630.71
Acute Poliomyelitis Paralytic0.080.19
Non-Paralytic0.060.16
Food Poisoning0. 290.19
Puerperal Pyrexia17.79 (a)55.5 (a) 24.4 * (a)

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(a) Per 1,000 Total (Live & Still) Births.
*This is the rate when the figure relating to Hendon residents only is taken.
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