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Wimbledon 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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Birth Rates, Death Rates, Analysis of Mortality, Maternal Mortality, and Case Rates for certain Infectious Diseases in the Year 1950.
(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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12.46 | 15.8 | 17.6 | 16.7 | 17.8 | |
| Still Birth9 | 0.24 | 0.37 | 0.45 | 0.38 | 0.36 |
| 10.37 | 11.6 | 12.3 | 11.6 | 11.8 | |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | — | 0.00 | 0 00 | 000 | 0.00 |
| Whooping Cough | — | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Diphtheria | — | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Tuberculosis | 0.27 | 0.36 | 0.42 | 0.33 | 0.39 |
| Influenza | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.07 |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (including Polioencephalitis) | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| Pneumonia | 0.43 | 0.46 | 0.49 | 0.45 | 0.48 |
| — | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 0.05 | 0.03 | 003 | 0.02 | 0.03 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1.16 | 1.50 | 1.56 | 1.61 | 1 23 |
| Whooping Cough | 3.09 | 3.60 | 3.97 | 3.15 | 3.21 |
| Diphtheria | — | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0 03 |
| Erysipelas | 0.02 | 0 17 | 0.19 | 0.16 | 0.17 |
| SmallDox | — | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — |
| Measles | 6.20 | 8.39 | 8.76 | 8.36 | 6.57 |
| Pneumonia | 0.34 | 0.70 | 0.77 | 0.61 | 0.50 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (including Polioencephalitis)— Paralytic | 0.15 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.08 |
| Non-paralytic | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.05 |
| Food Poisoning | 0.12 | 0.17 | 0.16 | 0.14 | 0.25 |
| All causes under 1 year of age | 18 | 29.8 § | 33.8 | 29.4 | 26.3 |
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years of age) | — | 1.9 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 1.0 |
5 Per 1,000 related live births.
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