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Wimbledon 1953
[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 1953
(Provisional Figures based on Quarterly Returns).
| Wimbledon | England and Wales | 160 C.B.s and Great Towns including London | 160 Smaller towns (resident population 25,000 - 50,000 at 1951 Census) | London Administrative County | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births:— | Rates per 1,000 Home Population | ||||
| Live Births | 12.17 | 15.5 | 17.0 | 15.7 | 17.5 |
| Still Births | 0.26 | 0.35 | 0.43 | 0.34 | 0.38 |
| 19.89 † | 22.4† | 24.8† | 21.4† | 21.0† | |
| Deaths:— | |||||
| All Causes | 10.05 | 11.4 | 12.2 | 11.3 | 12.5 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | — | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | — | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Diphtheria | — | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — |
| Tuberculosis | 0.29 | 0.20 | 0.24 | 0.19 | 0.24 |
| Influenza | 0.43 | 0.16 | 0.15 | 0.17 | 0.15 |
| Smallpox | — | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (includ | |||||
| ing Polioencephalitis) | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Pneumonia | 0.50 | 0.55 | 0.59 | 0.52 | 0.64 |
| Notifications (corrected): — | |||||
| Typhoid Fever | —. | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.03 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1.65 | 1.39 | 1.50 | 1.44 | 1.02 |
| Whooping Cough | 3.14 | 3.58 | 3.72 | 3.38 | 3.30 |
| Diphtheria | – | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Erysipelas | 0.05 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.12 |
| Smallpox | – | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | – |
| Measles | 15.37 | 12.36 | 11.27 | 12.32 | 8.09 |
| Pneumonia | 0.50 | 0.84 | 0.92 | 0.76 | 0.73 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (including Polioencephalitis)— | |||||
| Paralytic ... | 0.12 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.07 |
| Non-paralytic | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 |
| Food Poisoning | 0.10 | 0.24 | 0.25 | 0.24 | 0.38 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 29.18† | 18.23† | 24.33† | 12.46† | 28.61† |
| Rates per 1,000 Live Births | |||||
| Deaths:— | |||||
| All causes under 1 year of age | 16.24* | 26.8* | 30.8 | 24.3 | 24.8 |
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years of age) | 1.35 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
† Per 1,000 total (live and still) births.
* Per 1,000 related live births.
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