London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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Congenital malformations, premature births, etc., caused 18 (or 51.43 per
cent.) of the total infant deaths.
Deaths of Illegitimate Infants.
The death rate of illegitimate infants during 1948 was 53.19 per 1,000,
compared with 68.97 for the previous year. The corresponding death rate
of legitimate children was 18.77 (38.52 for 1947).
| Year | Birth Rate | Death Rate | Infantile Mortality Rate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twickenham | England and Wales | Twickenham | England and Wales Twickenham | England and Wales | ||
| 1937 | 14.9 | 14.9 | 12.4 | 35.4 | 58 | |
| 1938 | 14.4 | 151 | 11.6 | 45.8 | 53 | |
| 1939 | 14.2 | 15.0 | 12.1 | 26.4 | 50 | |
| 1940 | 14.67 | 14.6 | 14.3 | 45.8 | 55 | |
| 1941 | 13.4 | 14.2 | 13.0 | 12.9 | 70.95 | 59 |
| 1942 | 16.49 | 15.8 | 11.6 | 11.6 | 53.1 | 49 |
| 1943 | 17.7 | 16.5 | 12.3 | 12.1 | 47.99 | 49 |
| 1944 | 18.5 | 17.6 | 12.8 | 11.6 | 37.1 | 46 |
| 1945 | 16.76 | 16.1 | 12.15 | 11.4 | 48.02 | 46 |
| 1946 | 19.01 | 19.1 | 10.89 | 11.5 | 26.09 | 43 |
| 1947 | 19.72 | 20.5 | 11.05 | 12.0 | 40.21 | 41 |
| 1948 | 15.86 | 17.9 | 10.04 | 10.8 | 20.69 | 34 |
| (a) Crude (b) Adjusted | ||||||