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Southall 1952

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]

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Table IV

Vital Statistics compared with other Areas

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)

England and Wales160 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London160 Smaller Towns (Resident Population 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census)London Administrative CountySouthall
Rates per 1,000 Home Population
Births :
Live15.316.915.517.612.74
Still0.350.430.360.340.20
22.6(a)24.69(a)23.0(a)19.2(a)15.34(a)
Deaths:
All causes11.312.111.212.69.33
Typhoid and paratyphoid0.000.000.00--
Whooping cough0.000.000.000.00-
Diphtheria0.000.000.000.00-
Tuberculosis0.240.280.220.310.16
Influenza0.040.040.040.050.02
Smallpox0.00----
Acute poliomyelitis (including polioencephalitis)0.010.010.000.01-
Pneumonia0.470.520.430.580.63
Notifications:
Typhoid0.000.000.000.00-
Paratyphoid fever0.020.020.030.010.02
Meningococcal infection0.030.030.030.020.02
Scarlet fever1.531.751.581.561.88
Whooping cough2.612.742.571.661.06
Diphtheria0.010.010.030.01-
Erysipelas0.140.150.120.140.27
Smallpox0.000.000.00
Measles8.8610.118.499239.53
Pneumonia0.720.800.620.571.10
Acute poliomyelitis (including polioencephalitis):
Paralytic0.060.060.060.060.13
Non-paralytic0.030.030.020.030.02
Food poisoning ...0.130.160.110.180.49
Puerperal Pyrexia...17.87(a)23.94(a)10.22(a)30.77(a)9.76(a)
Rates per 1,000 Live Births
Deaths:
All causes under 1 year of age27.6(b)31.225.823.819.83
Enteritis and diarrhoea under 2 years of age1.11.30.50.7-

(a) Per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) births.
(b) Per 1,000 related live births.
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