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Hornchurch 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornchurch]
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DEATH RATE—COMPARISON WITH PREVIOUS YEARS.
| 1940 | 9.4 | 1947 | 8.3 |
| 1941 | 9.6 | 1948 | 8.2 |
| 1942 | 7.9 | 1949 | 10.6* |
| 1943 | 8.9 | 1950 | 10.4* |
| 1944 | 9.2 | 1951 | 10.3* |
| 1945 | 9.9 | 1952 | 10.4* |
| 1946 | 9.0 | 1953 | 13.1* |
| * Area Comparability Factor returned. | |||
| BIRTH RATE COMPARISON WITH PREVIOUS YEARS. | |||
| 1940 | 16.4 | 1947 | 20.7 |
| 1941 | 15.5 | 1948 | 17.2 |
| 1942 | 17.5 | 1949 | 16.0 |
| 1943 | 19.0 | 1950 | 13.6* |
| 1944 | 11.9 | 1951 | 14.1* |
| 1945 | 18.4 | 1952 | 13.8* |
| 1946 | 21.3 | 1953 | 14.8* |
| * Area Comparability- Factor used. | |||
| The A.C.F. might very generally be translated as one which being applied to certain local figures makes them suitable for general comparisons. | |||
BIRTH RATES, DEATH RATES AND ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY, 1953.
Local figures compared with England and Wales and certain towns.
| England and Wales | 160C.B.sand Great Towns (including London.) | 160 Smaller Towns Resident Pop. 25,000/50,000 at 1951 Census). | London Admin. County. | Horn-church | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,000 Home Population. | |||||
| Births— | |||||
| Live births | 15.5 | 17.0 | 15.7 | 17.5 | 14.83 |
| Still births | 0.35 | 0.43 | 0.34 | 0.38 | 0.27 |
| 22.4 (a) | 24.8 (a) | 21.4 (a) | 21.0(a) | 17.29(a) | |
| Deaths— | |||||
| All causes Typhoid and | 11.4 | 12.2 | 11.3 | 12.5 | 13.18 |
| paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | - | - |
| Whooping cough | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | - |
| Tuberculosis | 0.20 | 0.24 | 0.19 | 0.24 | 0.20 |
| Influenza | 0.16 | 0.15 | 0.17 | 0.15 | 0.13 |
| Smallpox ... | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | - |
| Acute poliomyelitis (including polioencephalitis) | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | - |
| Pneumonia | 0.55 | 0.59 | 0.52 | 0.64 | 0.49 |
| Rates per 1,000 live births. | |||||
| All causes under 1 | |||||
| year of age | 26.8(b) | 30.8 | 24.3 | 24.8 | 30.17 |
| (a) | Per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births. | ||||
| (b) | Per 1,000 related live births. | ||||