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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
MEDICAL OFFICER
OF HEALLH
1952
Public Health Department,
Town Hall,
Wimbledon, S.W.19.
June, 1953.
To The Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors
of the Borough of Wimbledon.
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit the Annual Report on the work of the
Public Health Department for the year 1952. This Report is compiled
in accordance with the instructions contained in Circular 2/53 of the
Ministry of Health.
From the statistics it will be seen that the live birth rate for the
Borough in 1952 was 11.67 per thousand of the population, as compared
with a rate of 15.3 for England and Wales. The death rate for
Wimbledon during the period was 10.63 as compared with a rate of
11.3 for England and Wales.
For the fourth year in succession there were no maternal deaths
amongst women resident in Wimbledon.
The infantile mortality rate for 1952, both for Wimbledon and
for England and Wales as a whole, was the lowest on record. Ten
Wimbledon children under the age of one year died during the year,
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