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Stepney 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Table 5.
COMPARATIVE VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1953 (Provisional)
| Stepney | London Administrative County | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,000 Home Population | |||
| Births | |||
| Births Live births | 16.97+ | 7.5* | 15-5* |
| Still births | 19.91+ | 21.0 | 22.4 |
| Deaths | |||
| All causes | 13.12 | 12.5 | 11.4 |
| Typhoid and paratyphoid | - | - | 0.00 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | - | 0.00 |
| Tuberculosis | 0.43 | 0.24 | 0.20 |
| Influenza | 0.06 | 0.15 | 0.16 |
| Smallpox | — | - | 0.00 |
| Acute poliomyelitis (inclucding polioencephalitis) | - | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Pneumonia | 0.84 | 0.64 | 0.55 |
| Notifications (corrected) | . | ||
| Typhoid fever | — | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Paratyphoid fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Meningococcal infection | 0.08 | 0.03 | 0.03 |
| Scarlet fever | 0.75 | 1.02 | |
| Whooping Cough | 2.41 | 3.30 | 3.58 |
| Diphtheria | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| Erysipelas | 0.08 | 0.12 | 0.14 |
| Smallpox | - | - | 0.00 |
| Measles | 6.63 | 8.09 | 12.36 |
| Pneumonia | 0.79 | 0.73 | 0.84 |
| Acute poliomyelitis (Including polioencephalitis): | |||
| Paralytic | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.07 |
| Non-paralytic | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.04 |
| Food Poisoning | 0.12 | 0.38 | 0.24 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 50.05 | 28.61 | 18.23 |
| Deaths | Rates per 1,000 Live Births | ||
| All causes under 1 year of age | 39.08 | 24.8 | 26.8 |
| Enteritis and diarrhoea under 2 years of age | 5.21 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
(+) Adjusted by Area Comparability Factor.
(35) Per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births.
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