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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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Table 3. — Birth-rate, Death-rate, and Analysis of Mortality from Certain Causes during the Year 1962, with corresponding rates for England and Wales, and for the County of London for comparison.
| AREA AND POPULATION | Live Births | DEATHS FROM | Stillbirths | Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths (excluding Stillbirths) | Malignant neoplasm lung, bronchus | Whooping cough | Diphtheria | Tuberculosis (all forms) | Influenza | Acute Poliomyelitis | Pneumonia | Coronary and arteriosclerotic heart disease | ||||
| England and Wales (46,669,000) | 18.0 | 11.9 | 0.51 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 0.68 | 2.20 | 18.1 | 21.6 |
| London (3,185,770) | 19.6 | 12.0 | 0.68 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 0.83 | 2.26 | 16.6 | 21.1 |
| Barnes Borough (38,990) | 14.5 | 11.4 | 0.69 | — | — | 0.13 | 0.10 | — | 0.69 | 2.85 | 15.7 | 23.0 (19.5) |
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.