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Barnes 1951
[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 1951, with corresponding rates for england and wales, 126 great towns, 148 smaller towns, and
for the County of London for comparison.
| Birth-bate per 1,000 Total Population. | Annual Death-rate per 1,000 Population. | Death-rate per 1,000 Births. | Maternal Mortality Rate per 1,000 Total Births | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes. | Typhoid & Paratyphoid | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Tuberculosis | Influenza. | Small-pox | Poliomyelitis Enceph. | Pneumonia | Diarrhœa and Enteritis (under 2 years). | Total Death-under One Year. | All Causes. | Puerperal Infection. | Other Causes. | ||
| England and Wales | 15.86 | 12.5 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.31 | 0.38 | - | 0.00 | 0.61 | 1.4 | 29.6 | 0.79 | 0.27 | 0.52 |
| 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 17.75 | 13.4 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.37 | 0.36 | - | 0.01 | 0.65 | 1.6 | 33.9 | Not available | ||
| 148 Smaller Towns (Estimated Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at Census, 1931) | 17.08 | 12.5 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.31 | 0.38 | - | 0.01 | 0.63 | 1.0 | 27.6 | |||
| London | 18.17 | 13.1 | - | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.38 | 0.23 | - | 0.00 | 0.61 | 0.7 | 26.4 | |||
| Barnes Borough | 9.9 | 10.7 | - | - | - | 0.15 | 0.37 | - | - | 0.3 | - | 25.5 | - | - | - |