London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Barnes 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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Table 3.—Birth-rate, Death-rate, and Analysis of Mortality during the Year 1948, with corresponding rates for england and wales, 126 great towns, 148 smaller towns, and
for the County of London for comparison.
| Birthrate per1.000 total Population. | Annual Death-rate per 1.000 Population. | Death-rate per 1000 Births | Maternal Mortality rate per 1,000 Total Births | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | Typhoid & Paratyphoid | Whooping Cough. | Diphthrea. | Tuberculosis | Influenza. | Small-pox | Poliomyelitis or Enceph. | Pneumonia | Diarrhæa and Enteritis (under 2 years). | Total Deaths under One Year | All Causes | Puerperal Infection. | Other Causes. | ||
| England and Wales | 17.9 | 10.8 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.51 | 0.03 | - | 0.01 | 0.41 | 3.3 | 34 | 1.02 | 0.24 | 0.78 |
| 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 20.0 | 11.6 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.59 | 0.03 | - | 0.01 | 0.38 | 4.5 | 39 | Not avail able | ||
| 148 Smaller Towns (Estimated Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 Census, 1931) | 19.2 | 10.7 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.46 | 0.04 | - | 0.01 | 0.36 | 2.1 | 32 | |||
| London | 20.1 | 11.6 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 001 | 0.63 | 0.02 | - | 0.00 | 0.54 | 2.4 | 31 | |||
| Barnes Borough | 14.2 | 11.0 | - | - | - | 0.47 | 0.05 | — | 0.02 | 0.39 | - | 22 | 0.02 | - | 0.02 |