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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
MEDICAL OFFICER
OF HEALTH
1953
Public Health Department,
Town Hall,
Wimbledon, S.W.19.
August, 1954.
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 1953. This report is compiled
in accordance with the instructions contained in Circular 1/54 of the
Ministry of Health.
From the statistics it will be seen that the live birth rate for the
Borough in 1953 was 12.17 per thousand of the population compared
with a rate of 15.5 for England and Wales. The death rate for Wimbledon
during the period was 10.05 compared with a rate of 11.4 for
England and Wales.
There was one maternal death in the Borough.
The infantile mortality rate for 1953 in Wimbledon was the second
lowest on record. Twelve Wimbledon children under the age of one
year died during the year, giving an infantile mortality rate of 16.24
per thousand live births compared with the rate of 26.8 for England and
Wales.
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