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Barnes 1957
[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 1957, with corresponding rates for England and wales, 160 great towns, 160 smaller towns, and for the County of London for comparison.
| Live Births | Deaths (excluding Stillbirths) | DEATHS FROM | Stillbirths | Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malignent neoplasm lung, bronchus | Whooping cough | Diphtheria | Tuberculosis (all forms) | Influenza | Acute Poliomyelitis | Pneumonia | Coronary and arteriosclerotic heart disease | |||||
| England and Wales (44,907,000) | 16.1 | 11.5 | 0.43 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.11 | 0.15 | 0.01 | 0.52 | 1.70 | 22.5 | 23.1 |
| Great Towns (23,126,310) | 16.1 | 11.5 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.12 | 0.15 | 0.00 | 0.58 | 1.72 | 22.5 | 23.5 |
| Smaller Towns (5,974,870) | 16.0 | 11.4 | 0.40 | 0.00 | — | 0.10 | 0.15 | 0.00 | 0.47 | 1.72 | 23.2 | 23.5 |
| London (3,254,000) | 16.2 | 11.4 | 0.61 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.00 | 0.65 | 1.70 | 20.0 | 21.9 |
| Barnes Borough (39,510) | 11.2 | 9.8 | 0.61 | — | — | 0.08 | 0.18 | 0.02 | 0.58 | 2.1 | 11.2 | 20.4 |
| Live birth and death rates per 1,000 population. Stillbirth rates per 1,000 total (live and still) births. Infantile mortality rates per 1,000 live births. | ||||||||||||