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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
Hornchurch 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornchurch]
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BIRTH RATE—COMPARISON WITH PREVIOUS YEARS
| 1939 | 18.9 | 1945 | 18.4 |
| 1940 | 16.4 | 1946 | 21.3 |
| 1941 | 15.5 | 1947 | 20.7 |
| 1942 | 17.5 | 1948 | 17.2 |
| 1943 | 19.0 | 1949 | 16.0 |
| 1944 | 11.9 | 1950 | 13.6 |
BIRTH RATES, DEATH RATES AND ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY AND MATERNAL MORTALITY, 1950.
Local figures compared with England and Wales and certain towns.
| England and Wales | 126 C.B.s and Great Towns (including London.) | 148 Smaller Towns (Resident Pop. 25,000-50,000 at 1931 Census) | London Admin. Hornchurch. County. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,000 Home Population. | |||||
| Live births | 15.8 | 17.6 | 16.7 | 17.8 | 13.6 |
| Still births | 0.37 | 0.45 | 0.38 | 0.36 | 0.26 |
| All causes | 11.6 | 12.3 | 11.6 | 11.8 | 10.4 |
| Typhoid and para typhoid | 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 | _ |
| Tuberculosis | . 0.36 | 0.42 | 0.33 | 0.39 | 0.27 |
| Influenza | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.03 |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute poliomyelitis (including polio encephalitis) | . 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Pneumonia | . 0.46 | 0.49 | 0.45 | 0.48 | 0.19 |
| Rates per 1,000 live births. | |||||
| All causes under year of age | 29.8 (a) | 33.8 | 29.4 | 26.3 | 27.7 |
(a) Per 1,000 related live births.