Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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TABLE III
Birth-rates, Death-rates, and Case-rates for certain infectious diseases in the Year 1951. Provisional figures based on
Quarterly Returns.
England and Wales | 126 C.Bs. and Great Towns including London. | 148 Smaller towns Resident Pop.25,000 50,000 at 1931 Census | London Adm. County | Kingston upon Thames | |
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Rates per 1,000 Home Population | |||||
Births | |||||
Live Births | 15.5 | 17.3 | 16.7 | 17.8 | 14.4 |
Still Births | 0.36 | 0.45 | 0.38 | 0.37 | 0.33 |
Deaths | |||||
All Causes | 12.5 | 13.4 | 12.5 | 13.1 | 13.9 |
Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | 0.00 |
Whooping Cough | 0.01 | O.Ol | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
Diphtheria | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Tuberculosis | 0.31 | 0.37 | 0.39 | 0.38 | 0.33 |
Influenza | 0.38 | O.36 | 0.38 | 0.23 | 0.27 |
Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | 0.00 |
Acute Poliomyelitis | |||||
(incl. Polioencephalitis) | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Pneumonia | 0.6l | 0.65 | 0.63 | 0.61 | 1.05 |
Notifications | |||||
(Corrected) | |||||
Typhoid Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
Paratyphoid Fever | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
Meningococcal infection | 0.03 | 0.O4 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.00 |
Scarlet Fever | l.ll | 1.20 | 1.20 | 1.10 | 0.93 |
Whooping Cough | 3.87 | 3.62 | 4.00 | 3.11 | 5.56 |
Diphtheria | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
Erysipelas | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.15 | 0.02 |
Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | 0.00 |
Measles | 14.07 | 13.93 | 14.82 | 14.64 | 11.10 |
Pneumonia | 0.99 | 1.04 | 0.96 | 0.72 | 0.10 |
Acute Poliomyelitis (including polioencephalitis) | |||||
Paralytic | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.00 |
Non-Paralytic | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.00 |
Food Poisoning | 0.13 | 0.15 | 0.08 | 0.23 | 0.13 |
Deaths. | Rates per 1,000 Live Births | ||||
All Causes under 1 year of age | 29.6(a) | 33.9 | 27.6 | 26.4 | 24.3 |
Enteritis and diarrhoea under 2 years of age | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.7 |
Notifications | Rates per l,000 Total (Live and Still Births) | ||||
(Corrected) Puerperal Pyrexia and Fever | 10.66 | 13.77 | 8.08 | 14.90 | 23.85 |
(a) Per 1,000 related live births.