London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Wembley 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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| Deaths from: Malignant Diseases | 220 | (175) | ||||
| Measles (all ages) | 1 | (—) | ||||
| Whooping Cough (all ages) | – | (-) | ||||
| Maternal Mortality. | ||||||
| Deaths from Pregnancy, Childbirth, Abortion | 3 | (1) | ||||
| Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live births | 1.81 | (0.60) | ||||
| Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 1.80 | (0.59) | ||||
| Per 1,000 population. | Per 1,000 Live Births. | Per 1,000 total births (live and still). | ||||
| Still | Infantile Maternal | |||||
| Birth rate. | Birth rate. | Death rate. | mortality. | mortality. | Maternal mortality. | |
| Wembley | 11.96 | 0.21 | 7.76 | 17.01 | 1.81 | 1.80 |
| England and Wales | 15.80 | 0.37 | 11.60 | 29.80 | — | 0.86 |
| London | 17.80 | 0.36 | 11.80 | 26.30 | — | — |
| 126 County Boroughs, etc. | 17.60 | 0.45 | 12.30 | 33.80 | ||
| 148 Smaller towns, etc. | 16.70 | 0.38 | 11.60 | 29.40 | — | — |