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Wimbledon 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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Birth Rates, Civilian Death Rates, Analysis of Mortality, Maternal Mortality, and Case Rates for certain Infectious Diseases in the
Year 1949.
(Provisional Figures based on Quarterly Returns).
| Wimbledon | England and Wales | 126 C.B's and Great Towns including London | 148 Smaller towns (resident population 25,000 -50,000 at 1931 Census) | London Administrative County | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | 14.99 | 16.7‡ | 18.7 | 18.0 | 18.5 |
| Still Births | 0.39 | 0.39‡ | 0.47 | 0.40 | 0.37 |
| All Causes | 10.72 | 11.7‡ | 12.5 | 11.6 | 12.2 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | – | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Diphtheria | – | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Tuberculosis | 0.38 | 0.45 | 0.52 | 0.42 | 0.52 |
| Influenza | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.11 |
| Small-pox | — | 0.00 | 0.00 | – | – |
| Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| Pneumonia | 0.51 | 0.51 | 0.56 | 0.49 | 0.59 |
| Typhoid Fever | – | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | – | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.94 | 1.63 | 1.72 | 1.83 | 1.46 |
| Whooping Cough | 2.55 | 2.39 | 2.44 | 2.39 | 1.70 |
| Diphtheria | 0.10 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.07 |
| Erysipelas | 0.12 | 0.19 | 0.20 | 0.19 | 0.17 |
| Small-pox | – | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Measles | 12.12 | 8.95 | 8.91 | 9.18 | 8.54 |
| Pneumonia | 0.33 | 0.80 | 0.91 | 0.65 | 0.55 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 0.15 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.18 |
| Acute Polioencephalitis | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| Food Poisoning | 0.03 | 0.14 | 0.16 | 0.14 | 0.19 |
| All causes under 1 year of age | 25 | 32 § | 37 | 30 | 29 |
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years of age) | 1.1 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 2.4 | 1.7 |
† A dash (—) signifies that there were no deaths.
‡ Rates per 1,000 Total population.
§ Per 1,000 related Births.
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