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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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Table 6.
Birth Rate, Death Rate and Analysis of Mortality. 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 | Tuberculosis | Influenza | Smallpox | A cute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | Pneumonia | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under two years) | Total Deaths under 1 year | |
| England and Wales | 15.5 | 0.36 | 12.5 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.31 | 0.38 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.61 | 1.4 | 29.6 |
| 126 County Boroughs and great towns, including London | 17.3 | 0.45 | 13.4 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.37 | 0.36 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.65 | 1.6 | 33.9 |
| 148 smaller towns, resident populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 census | 16.7 | 0.38 | 12.5 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.31 | 0.38 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.63 | 1.0 | 27.6 |
| London Admin. County | 17.8 | 0.37 | 13.1 | — | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.38 | 0.23 | — | 0.00 | 0.61 | 0.7 | 26.4 |
| Twickenham | 12.82 | 0.36 | - | 0.01 | - | 0.22 | 0.32 | - | - | 0.54 | - | 24.98 | |
A dash (— ) signifies that there were no deaths
(a) crude (b) adjusted
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