Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1955.
England and Wales Borough of Hendon.
Live births | 15.00 | 11.8 |
Still births | 0. 35 | 0.20 |
23.1 (a) | 15.77 (a) | |
All causes | 11.7 | 10.52 |
Typhoid & Paratyphoid Fever | 0.00 | - |
Whooping Cough | 0.00 | - |
Diphtheria | 0.00 | - |
Tuberculosis | 0.15 | 0.07 |
Smallpox | - | - |
Acute Poliomyelitis & Polioencephalitis | 0.00 | 0.01 |
Pneumonia | 0.51 | 0.58 |
Influenza | 0.07 | 0.05 |
All causes under 1 year of age | 24.9 | 20.7 |
NOTIFICATIONS (CORRECTED)
Typhoid Fever | 0.00 | - |
Paratyphoid Fever | 0.02 | 0.00 |
Meningococcal Infection | 0.03 | 0.00 |
Scarlet Fever | 0.73 | 0.61 |
Mhooping Cough | 1.78 | 1.27 |
Diphtheria | 0.00 | - |
Erysipelas | 0.10 | 0.13 |
Smallpox | 0.00 | - |
Measles | 15.61 | 12.67 |
Pneumonia | 0.63 | 0.71 |
Acute Poliomyelitis Paralytic | 0.08 | 0.19 |
Non-Paralytic | 0.06 | 0.16 |
Food Poisoning | 0. 29 | 0.19 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 17.79 (a) | 55.5 (a) 24.4 * (a) |
(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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