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Chingford 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]
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BIRTH-RATES, DEATH-RATES, ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY, MATERNAL MORTALITY AND CASE RATES FOR CERTAIN INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN THE YEAR 1951. Provisional figures based on Quarterly Returns.
| England and Wales | 126 County Boroughs & Great Towns (including London) | 148 Smaller Towns(Resident Population 25000-50000 at 1931 Census.) | London Adminis-trative County | Chingford | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,000 Home Population. | |||||
| Births: | |||||
| Live Births | 15.5 | 17.3 | 16.7 | 17.8 | 12.2 |
| Still Births | 0.36 | 0.45 | 0.38 | 0.37 | 0.18 |
| Deaths: | |||||
| All Causes | 12.5 | 13.4 | 12.5 | 13.1 | 8.7 |
| Typhoid and paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | - |
| Whooping cough | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.04 |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - |
| Tuberculosis | 0.31 | 0.37 | 0.31 | 0.38 | 0.28 |
| Influenza | 0.38 | 0.36 | 0.38 | 0.23 | 0.12 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | - |
| Acute poliomyelitis (including polioencephalitis) | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.02 |
| Pneumonia | 0.61 | 0.65 | 0.63 | 0.61 | 0.39 |
| Notifications (Corrected): | |||||
| Typhoid fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.0,0 | 0.01 | - |
| Paratyphoid fever | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.01 | - |
| Meningococcal infection | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.03 | - |
| Scarlet fever | 1.11 | 1.20 | 1.20 | 1.10 | 1.67 |
| Whooping Cough | 3.87 | 3.62 | 4.00 | 3.11 | 9.57 |
| Diphtheria | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.01 | - |
| Erysipelas | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.15 | 0.16 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | - |
| Measles | 14.07 | 13.93 | 14.82 | 14.64 | 19.44 |
| Pneumonia | 0.99 | 1.04 | 0.96 | 0.72 | 1.11 |
| Acute poliomyelitis (including polioencephalitis ) | |||||
| Paralytic | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | - |
| Non-Paralytic | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | - |
| Food poisoning | 0.13 | 0.15. | 0.08 | 0.23 | 0.06 |
| Deaths: | Rates per 1,000 live births. | ||||
| All causes under 1 year of age | 29.6 (a) | 33.9 | 27.6 | 26.4 | 23.7 |
| Enteritis and diarrhoea under 2 years of age | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.7 |
| Rates per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births | |||||
| Notifications(Correcte Puerperal fever and pyrexia | a) 10.66 | 13.77 | 8.08 | 14.90 | 1.66 |
| (a) Per 1,000 related live births. | |||||