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Southall 1953
[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 1953.
| England and Wales | 160 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London | 160 Smaller Towns (Resident Population 25,000 to 50,000 at 1951 Census) | London Administrative County | Southall | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,000 Home Population | |||||
| Births : | |||||
| Live | 15.5 | 17.0 | 15.7 | 17.5 | 12.85 |
| Still | 0.35 | 0.43 | 0.34 | 0.38 | 0.23 |
| 22.4 (a) | 24.8 (a) | 21.4 (a) | 21.0 (a) | 18.05 (a) | |
| Deaths : | |||||
| All causes | 11.4 | 12.2 | 11.3 | 12.5 | 14.24 |
| Typhoid and paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||
| Whooping cough | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — |
| Tuberculosis | 0.20 | 0.24 | 0.19 | 0.24 | 0.23 |
| Influenza | 0.16 | 0.15 | 0.17 | 0.15 | 0.17 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Acute poliomyelitis (including polioencephalitis) | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.04 |
| Pneumonia | 0.55 | 0.59 | 0.52 | 0.64 | 0.97 |
| Notifications (Corrected) : | |||||
| Typhoid fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | — |
| Paratyphoid fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | — |
| Meningococcal infection | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.04 |
| Scarlet fever | 1.39 | 1.50 | 1.44 | 1.02 | 2.39 |
| Whooping cough | 3.58 | 3.72 | 3.38 | 3.30 | 10.25 |
| Diphtheria | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | — |
| Erysipelas | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.36 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — |
| Measles | 12.36 | 11.27 | 12.32 | 8.09 | 22.78 |
| Pneumonia | 0.84 | 0.92 | 0.76 | 0.73 | 2.28 |
| Acute poliomyelitis (including polioencephalitis) : | |||||
| Paralytic | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.04 |
| Non-paralytic | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.04 |
| Food poisoning | 0.24 | 0.25 | 0.24 | 0.38 | 0.24 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 18.23 (a) | 24.33 (a) | 12.46 (a) | 28.61 (a) | 9.64 (a) |
| Rates per 1,000 Live Births | |||||
| Deaths : | |||||
| All causes under 1 year of age | 268 (b) | 30.8 | 24.3 | 24.8 | 29.45 |
| Enteritis and diarrhoea under 2 | |||||
| years of age | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.1 | — |
(a) Per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) births.
(b) Per 1,000 related Live Births.
Figures in Southall column have been converted from crude rates by the use of the comparability factor.
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