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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
Richmond upon Thames 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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COMPARATIVE STATISTICS—1949.
| England and Wales | 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London | 148 smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census | London Administrative County | Richmond | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Rates per 1,000 Civilian Population. | |||||
| Live Births | 16.7 (a) | 18.7 | 18.0 | 18.5 | 16.9 |
| Still Births | 0.39 (a) | 0.47 | 0.40 | 0.37 | 0.2 |
| All Causes | 11.7 (a) | 12.5 | 11.6 | 12.2 | 12.0 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - |
| Whooping Cough | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | — |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - |
| Tuberculosis | 0.45 | 0.52 | 0.42 | 0.52 | 0.49 |
| Influenza | 0.16 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.11 | - |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | - | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.02 |
| Pneumonia | 0.51 | 0.56 | 0.49 | 0.59 | 0.52 |
| Tpyhoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | — |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | — |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.04 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1.63 | 1.72 | 1.83 | 1.46 | 0.42 |
| Whooping Cough | 2.39 | 2.44 | 2.39 | 1.70 | 2.5 |
| Diphtheria | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.07 | — |
| Eyriseplas | 0.19 | 0.20 | 0.19 | 0.17 | 0.07 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 02 |
| Measles | 8.95 | 8.91 | 9.18 | 8.54 | 10.9 |
| Pneumonia | 0.80 | 0.91 | 0.65 | 0.55 | 0.11 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.18 | 0.21 |
| Acute Polioencephalitis | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.04 |
| Food Poisoning | 0.14 | 0.16 | 0.14 | 0.19 | — |
| Rates per 1,000 Live Births. | |||||
| All causes under 1 year of age | 32 (b) | 37 | 30 | 29 | 21.1 |
| Enteritis and Diarrhoea under 2 years of age | 3.0 | 3 8 | 2.4 | 1.7 | - |
| Rates per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births. | |||||
| Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia | 6.31 | 8.14 | 5.30 | 6.82 | 4.17 |
| Abortion with sepsis | 0.11 | — | |||
| Abortion without sepsis | 0.05 | — | |||
| Puerperal Infections | 0.11 | — | |||
| Other maternal causes | 0.71 | - | |||
(a) Rates per 1,000 total population.
(b) per 1,000 related live births.