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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

Kingston upon Thames 1954

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]

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Table: TABLE III

TABLE III

England and Wales160 C.Bs. and Great Towns including London160 smaller Towns Resident Pop.25,000 -50,000 at 1951 CensusKingston upon Thames
Rates per15,000 Home Population
Births
Live Births15.216.815.413.6
Still Births24.0 (a)25.6 (a)22.4 (a)29.l
Deaths All Causes11.312.l11.39.9
Whooping Cough0.01O.0l0.01O.OO
Diphtheria0.000.00O.OOO.OO
Influenza0.l90.170.190.05
Acute Poliomyelitis (including polio
encephalitis)0.010.010.02O.OO
Pneumonia1.932.011.97O.59
Tuberculosis
Respiratory0.l6--O.O8
Tuberculosis
Other0.02--0.02
Cancer of the Lung
and Bronchus0.37--046
Cancer, Otherl.67--l.83
Maternal Causes
(including Abortion] Infant Deaths0.69(a)--O.OO
(under 1 year)25.529.123.820.6
Enteritis and diarrhoea under 2 years of age0.80.90.5O.OO
(a) Per 1,000 Total (live and still) Births