Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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BIRTH RATES, DEATH RATES, ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY, MATERNAL MORTALITY AND CASE-RATES FOR CERTAIN INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN THE
YEAR 1952.
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England and Wales | 160 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London | 160 Smaller Towns (Resident Population 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census) | London Administrative County | Southall | |
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Rates per 1,000 Home Population | |||||
Births : | |||||
Live | 15.3 | 16.9 | 15.5 | 17.6 | 12.74 |
Still | 0.35 | 0.43 | 0.36 | 0.34 | 0.20 |
22.6(a) | 24.69(a) | 23.0(a) | 19.2(a) | 15.34(a) | |
Deaths: | |||||
All causes | 11.3 | 12.1 | 11.2 | 12.6 | 9.33 |
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 | 0.24 | 0.28 | 0.22 | 0.31 | 0.16 |
Influenza | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.02 |
Smallpox | 0.00 | - | - | - | - |
Acute poliomyelitis (including polioencephalitis) | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | - |
Pneumonia | 0.47 | 0.52 | 0.43 | 0.58 | 0.63 |
Notifications: | |||||
Typhoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - |
Paratyphoid fever | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.02 |
Meningococcal infection | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
Scarlet fever | 1.53 | 1.75 | 1.58 | 1.56 | 1.88 |
Whooping cough | 2.61 | 2.74 | 2.57 | 1.66 | 1.06 |
Diphtheria | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.01 | - |
Erysipelas | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.27 |
Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — |
Measles | 8.86 | 10.11 | 8.49 | 923 | 9.53 |
Pneumonia | 0.72 | 0.80 | 0.62 | 0.57 | 1.10 |
Acute poliomyelitis (including polioencephalitis): | |||||
Paralytic | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.13 |
Non-paralytic | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 |
Food poisoning ... | 0.13 | 0.16 | 0.11 | 0.18 | 0.49 |
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 age | 27.6(b) | 31.2 | 25.8 | 23.8 | 19.83 |
Enteritis and diarrhoea under 2 years of age | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.7 | - |
(a) Per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) births.
(b) Per 1,000 related live births.
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