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Stepney 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Table 3.
COMPARATIVE VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1951
| Stepney | London Administrative County | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,000 Home Population | |||
| Births Live births | 18.72 | 17.8 | 15.5 |
| Still births | 0.40 | 0.37 | 0.36 |
| Deaths | |||
| All causes | 13.83 | 13.1 | 12.5 |
| Typhoid and paratyphoid | 0.00 | - | 0.00 |
| Whooping cough | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Diphtheria | 0.00: | 0.00 | , 0.00 |
| Tuberculosis | 0.49 | 0.38 | 0;31 |
| Influenza | 0.15 | 0.23 | 0.38 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | - | 0.00 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (including polioencephalitis) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Pneumonia | 0.79 | 0.61 | 0.61 |
| Notifications (Corrected) | |||
| Typhoid fever | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Paratyphoid fever | 0.09 | 0.01 | 0.02 |
| Meningococcal infection | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.03 |
| Scarlet fever | 1.36 | 1.10 | 1.11 |
| Whooping cough | 2.26 | 3.11 | 3.87 |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.02 |
| Erysipelas | 0.17 | 0.15 | 0.14 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | - | 0.00 |
| Measles | 14.80 | 14.64 | 14.07 |
| Pneumonia | 0.09 | 0.72 | 0.99 |
| Acute poliomyelitis (including polioencephalitis): | |||
| Paralytic | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.03 |
| Non-paralytic | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| Food poisoning | 0.00 | 0.23 | 0.13 . |
| Deaths | Rates per 1,000 Live Births | ||
| All causes under 1 year of age | 21.12 | 26.4 | 29.6 |
| Enteritis and diarrhoea under 2 years of age | 1.62 | 0.7 | 1.4 |
| Notifications (Corrected) | Rates per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births | ||
| Puerperal fever and pyrexia | |||
| 18.02 | 14.90 | 10.66 | |