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Wanstead and Woodford 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wanstead and Woodford]

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Birth-rates, Death-rates, Analysis of Mortality, Maternal Mortality, and

Case-rates for certain Infectious Diseases in the year 1953.

England and Wales, London, 160 Great Towns and 160 Smaller Towns. (Provincial Figures based on Quarterly Returns).

England and Wales160 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London160 Smaller Towns (Resident populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1951 Census)London Administrative CountyBorough of WAN STEAD and WOODFORD
Births:(Rates per 1,000 Home Population)
Live15.517.015.717.512.9
Still0.350.430.340.380.18
Deaths:
All Causes11.412.211.312.510.4
Typhoid and Paratyphoid0.000.00---
Whooping Cough0.010.010.000.000.00
Diphtheria0.000.000.000.00
Tuberculosis0.200.240.190.240.08
Influenza0.160.150.170.150.22
Smallpox0.000.000.00
Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis0.010.010.010.010.00
Pneumonia0.550.590.520.640.52
Notifications:
Typhoid Fever0.000.000.000.00
Paratyphoid Fever0.010.010.010.01
Meningococcal Infection0.030.040.030.03-
Scarlet Fever1.391.501.441.021.33
Whooping Cough3 583.723.383.302.81
Diphtheria0.010.010.010.000.03
Erysipelas0.140.140.130.120.11
Smallpox0.000.000.00
Measles12.3611.2712.328.0911.00
Pneumonia0.840.920.760.730.66
Acute Poliomyelitis (including Polioencephalitis):
Paralytic0.070.060.060.070.16
Non-Paralytic0.040.030.040.030.05
Food Poisoning0.240.250.240.380.06
Deaths:(Rates per 1,000 Live Births).
All causes under 1 year of age26.830.824.324.825.2
Enteritis and Diarrhoea under 2 year1.11.30.91.1-
Notifications:Rates per 1,000 Total Births (Live and Still)
Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia18.2324.3312.4628.6182.29