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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 1952
[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 1952, with corresponding rates for England and Wales, 160 great towns, 160 smaller towns, and
for the County of London for comparison.
| Birthrate perl,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 | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years). | Total Deaths under One Year. | All Causes. | Puerperal Infection. | Other Causes. | ||
| England and Wales | 15.3 | 11.3 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.24 | 0.04 | - | 0.01 | 0.47 | 1.1 | 27.6 | 0.72 | 0.50 | 0.22 |
| 160 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 16.9 | 12.1 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.28 | 0.04 | - | 0.01 | 0.52 | 1.3 | 31.2 | Not avail able | ||
| 160 Smaller Towns (Estimated Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at Census, 1951) | 15.5 | 11.2 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.22 | 0.04 | - | 0.00 | 0.43 | 0.5 | 25.8 | |||
| London | 17.6 | 12.6 | - | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.31 | 0.05 | - | 0.01 | 0.58 | 0.7 | 23.8 | |||
| Barnes Borough | 9.8 | 10.8 | - | - | - | 0.30 | 0.02 | - | 0.02 | 0.5 | - | 31.0 | - | - | - |