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Southall 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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Vital Statistics compared with other Areas.
BIRTH-RATES. CIVILIAN DEATH-RATES, ANALYSIS OK MORTALITY, MATERNAL DEATH-RATES, AND CASE-RATES FOR CERTAIN INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN THE YEAR 1949. (England and Wales, London, 126 Great Towns
and 148 Smaller Towns.)
(Provisional Figures based on Weekly and Quarterly Returns.)
| England and Wales | 126 County-Boroughs and Great Towns including London | 148 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census) | London Administrative County | Southall | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,000 Civilian Population | |||||
| BIRTHS: Live | 16.7 | 18.7 | 18.0 | 18.5 | 15.47 |
| Still | 0.38 | 0.47 | 0.40 | 0.37 | 0.25 |
| DEATHS: | |||||
| All causes | 11.7 | 12.5 | 11.6 | 12.2 | 9.43 |
| Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Pneumonia | 0.51 | 0.56 | 0.49 | 0.59 | 0.59 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | – | – |
| Whooping Cough | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.04 |
| Diptheria | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Influenza | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.11 | 0.04 |
| Tuberculosis | 0.45 | 0.52 | 0.42 | 0.52 | 0.43 |
| Acute poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.04 |
| NOTIFICATIONS (corrected) | |||||
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | _ |
| Scarlet fever | 1.63 | 1.72 | 1.83 | 1.46 | 1.31 |
| Diphtheria | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.07 | — |
| Typhoid fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | — |
| Erysipelas | 0.19 | 0.20 | 0.19 | 0.17 | 0.09 |
| Pneumonia | 0.80 | 0.91 | 0.65 | 0.55 | 0.89 |
| Measles | 8.95 | 8.91 | 9.18 | 8.54 | 3.45 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.02 | – |
| Whooping Cough | 2.39 | 2.44 | 2.39 | 1.70 | 2.24 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | — |
| Acute poliomyelitis | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.18 | 0.14 |
| Acute polioencephalitis ... | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.0 1 | 0.11 |
| Rates per 1,000 Live Births | |||||
| Deaths under 1 year of age | 32 | 37 | 30 | 29 | 40 |
| Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis under 2 years of age | 3.0 | 3.8 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 4.59 |
| Rates per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births | |||||
| NOTIFICATIONS (corrected) | 6.31 | 8.14 | 5.30 | 6.82 | 6.78 |
| Puerperal fever | |||||
| Puerperal pyrexia | |||||