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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
Twickenham 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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BIRTH RATE, DEATH RATE AND ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY DURING 1946.
Provisional Figures.
| Rate per 1,000 total population | Annual Death Rate per 1,000 population | Rate per 1,000 live births | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | Still Births | All Causes | Typhoid and para typhoid fevers | Small pox | Measles | Scarlet Fever | Whooping Cough | Diphtheria | Influenza | Diarrhoea & Enteritis (under 2 years) | Total deaths under 1 year | |
| England and Wales | 19.1 | 0.53 | 11.5 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.15 | 4.4 | 43 |
| 126 County Boroughs and great towns, including London | 22.2 | 0.67 | 12.7 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.13 | 6.1 | 46 |
| 148 smaller towns (resident populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 census). | 21.3 | 0.59 | 11.7 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.14 | 2.8 | 37 |
| London Adm. County. | 21.5 | 0.54 | 12.7 | 0.00 | - | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.12 | 4.2 | 41 |
| TWICKENHAM. | 19.01 | 0.48 | 10.89 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.18 | 2.05 | 26.09 |