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Wimbledon 1952
[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 1952.
(Provisional Figures based on Quarterly Returns).
| Wimbledon | England and W ales | 160 C.B.s and Great Towns including London | 160 Smaller towns (resident population 25,000 -50.000 at 1951 Census) | London Administrative County | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | 11.67 | 15.3 | 16.9 | 15.5 | 17.6 |
| Still Births | 0.29 | 0.35 | 0.43 | 0.36 | 0.34 |
| 22.6† | 22.6† | 24.6† | 23.0† | 19.2† | |
| All Causes | 10.63 | 11.3 | 12.1 | 11.2 | 12.6 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | - | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - |
| Whooping Cough | - | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Diphtheria | - | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Tuberculosis | 0.10 | 0.24 | 0.28 | 0.22 | 0.31 |
| Influenza | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.05 |
| Smallpox | - | 0.00 | - | - | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (including Polioencephalitis) | - | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| Pneumonia | 0.58 | 0.47 | 0.52 | 0.43 | 0.58 |
| Typhoid Fever | - | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.01 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 |
| Scarlet Fever | 2.19 | 1.53 | 1.75 | 1.58 | 1.56 |
| Whooping Cough | 1.91 | 2.61 | 2.74 | 2.57 | 1.66 |
| Diphtheria | - | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.01 |
| Erysipelas | 0.05 | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.14 |
| Smallpox | - | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - |
| Measles | 5.76 | 8.86 | 10.11 | 8.49 | 9.23 |
| Pneumonia | 0.41 | 0.72 | 0.80 | 0.62 | 0.57 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (including Polioencephalitis)— | |||||
| Paralytic | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 |
| Non-paralytic | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 |
| Food Poisoning | – | 0.13 | 0.16 | 0.11 | 0.18 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 6.65† | 17.871† | 23.94† | 10.22† | 30.77† |
| All causes under 1 year of age | 13.60‡ | 27.6‡ | 31.2 | 25.8 | 23.8 |
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years of age) | - | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
t Per 1,000 total (live and still) births.
t Per 1,000 related live births.
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