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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Birth Rate, Death Rate and Analysis of Mortality during 1948. 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 Paratyphoid fevers | Whooping Cough | Diphtheria | Tuber culosis | Influenza | Smallpox | Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | Pneumonia | Diarrhoea and Enteritis {under two years) | Total Deaths under 1 year | |
| England and Wales | 17.9 | 0.42 | 10.8 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.51 | 0.03 | - | 0.01 | 0.41 | 3.3 | 34 |
| 126 County Boroughs and great towns, including London | 20.0 | 0.52 | 11.6 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.59 | 0.03 | - | 0.01 | 0.38 | 4.5 | 39 |
| 148 smaller towns, resident populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 census | 19.2 | 0.43 | 10 '7 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.46 | 0.04 | - | 0.01 | 0.36 | 2.1 | 32 |
| London Admin. County | 20.1 | 0.39 | 11.6 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.63 | 0.02 | - | 0.00 | 0.54 | 2.4 | 31 |
| 15.86 | 0.19 | 10.04 | - | - | - | 0.43 | 0.06 | - | 0.03 | 0.45 | 2.4 | 20.69 | |
A dash (. ) signifies that there were no deaths