London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Barnes 1945

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]

This page requires JavaScript

10
STATISTICS AND TABLES
BOROUGH OF BARNES.
VITAL STATISTICS.
The following statistical information relating to the Borough has
been completed on receipt of the Local and National Statistics issued
by the Registrar-General in connection with Population, Birth-rate,
Death-rates, Maternal Mortality, Infantile Mortality, and Incidence of
Notifiable Infectious Diseases.

TABLE 1.—STATISTICAL SUMMARY, 1945.

Births :—
Birth-rate (per 1,000 of population)15.5
Live Births:—Total.M.F.
Legitimate478235243
Illegitimate593128
Total537266271
Still Birth-rate (per 1,000 total births)25.4
Stilll Births (Legit.12; Illgit.2)Total.M.F.
1477
Deaths:—
Death-rate, all causes (per 1,000 of population)
Deaths (all causes)Total.M.F.
470217253
Death-rate from Cancer (per 1,000 of population),87
deaths2-5
Death-rate from Zymotic Diseases (per 1,000 of population)009
Deaths from Diphtheria (all ages)1
,, ,, Diarrhoea (under two years of age)2
Death-rate from Maternal Causes (per 1,000 total births)3.63
Deaths from Puerperal Sepsis1
„ ,, Other Puerperal causes1
Death-rate of infants under one year (per 1,000 live births)35.4
Death-rate for1 Legitimate infants (18 deaths)37.7
1 Illegitimate infants(1 death)16.9