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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 1956
[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 1956, with corresponding rates for England and wales, 160 great towns, 160 smaller towns, and for the County of London for comparison.
| BirthRate 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 | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years) | Total Deaths under One Year | Total Maternal Mortality | Maternal causes (excluding abortion) | Due to Abortion | ||
| England and Wales | 15.6 | 11.7 | 0. 00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.12 | 0.06 | - | 0.00 | 0.52 | 0.51 | 23.8 | 0.56 | N.A. | N.A. |
| 160 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 15.6 | 11.6 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.14 | 0.04 | - | 0.00 | 0.57 | - | 24.0 | Not avail able | ||
| 160 Smaller Towns (Estimated Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at Census, 1951) | 15.6 | 11.6 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.11 | 0.05 | - | 0.00 | 0.45 | - | 24.1 | |||
| London | 15.9 | 11.7 | - | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.14 | 0.04 | - | 0.00 | 0.67 | 0.00 | 21.4 | 0.51 | 0.30 | 0.21 |