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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 1958

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]

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Table: SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1958

SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1958

England and Wales Borough of Hendon Rates per 1,000 Home Population
Births
Live births16.3612.33
Still births0.360.17
21.56(a)13.67(a)
Deaths
All causes11.6811.17
Borough of Hendon
Tuberculosis0.09
Pneumonia0.45
Influenza0.046
All causes under 1 year of ageEngland and Wales Borough of Hendon Rates per 1,000 Live Births
22.513.86
Borough of Hendon Rates per 1,000 Home Population
NOTIFICATIONS (CORRECTED)
Meningococcal Infection0.01
Scarlet Fever0.74
Whooping Cough0.28
Erysipelas0.07
Measles3.98
Pneumonia0.49
Acute Poliomyelitis
Paralytic0.01
Non-Paralytic-
Food Poisoning0.24
Puerperal Pyrexia56.7 (a)
(a) Per 1,000 Total (Live & Still) Births24.81*(a)
* This is the rate when the figure relating to Hendon residents only is taken.