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Barnes 1955
[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 1955, with corresponding rates for england and wales, 160 great towns, 160 smaller towns, and
for the County of London for comparison.
| birthrate per l ,000 Total Population. | Annual Death-rate per 1,000 Population. | Death rate per 1,000 birth. | 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. | Total Maternal Mortality | Maternal causes (excluding abortion) | Due to Abortion | ||
| England and Wales | 15.0 | 11.7 | 0.00 | o.oo | o.oo | 0.15 | 0.81 | - | 0.01 | 0.49 | 0.75 | 24.9 | 0.64 | 0.54 | 0.10 |
| 160 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 14.9 | 11.6 | 0.00 | 0.00 | o.oo | 0.17 | 0.06 | - | 0.01 | 0.53 | - | 25.1 | Not avail able | ||
| 160 Smaller Towns (Estimated Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at Census, 1951) | 14.9 | 11.6 | 0.00 | o.oo | o.oo | 0.13 | 0.07 | - | o.oo | 0.45 | - | 25.2 | |||
| London | 15.1 | 11.5 | - | 0.00 | o.oo | 0.17 | 0.05 | - | 0.01 | 0.63 | 0.00 | 23.2 | |||
| Barnes Borough | 10.7 | 10.8 | - | - | - | 0.05 | 0.10 | - | - | 0.82 | - | 11.6 | - | - | - |