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
Richmond upon Thames 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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| England and Wales | 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London. | 148 Smaller Towns (Resident populations 25,000— 50,000 at 1931 Census | I.ondon Administrative County- | Richmond | Richmond | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Rates per 1,000 Home Population. | Actual Nos. | |||||
| Live Births | 15.5 | 17.3 | 16.7 | 17.8 | 14.9 | 629 |
| Still Births | 0.36 | 0.45 | 0.38 | 0.37 | 0.5 | 19 |
| All Causes | 12.5 | 13.4 | 12.5 | 13.1 | 13.5 | 560 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | – | – | 0 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | – | 0 |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | – | 0 |
| Tuberculosis | 0 31 | 0.37 | 0.31 | 0.38 | 0.38 | 16 |
| Influenza | 0.38 | 0.36 | 0.38 | 0.23 | 0.21 | 9 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | – | – | 0 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (including Polioencephalitis) | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | – | 0 |
| Pneumonia | 0.61 | 0.65 | 0.63 | 0.61 | 0.52 | 22 |
| Typhoid Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | – | 0 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.01 | – | 0 |
| Meningicoccal Infection | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.03 | – | 0 |
| Soarlet Fever | 1.11 | 1.20 | 1.20 | 1.10 | 2.08 | 87 |
| Whooping Cough | 3.87 | 3.62 | 4.00 | 3.11 | 2.67 | 112 |
| Diphtheria | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.01 | – | 0 |
| Erysipelas | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.15 | 0.21 | 9 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | – | – | 0 |
| Measles | 14.07 | 13.93 | 14.82 | 14.64 | 13.01 | 546 |
| Pneumonia | 0.99 | 1.04 | 0.96 | 0.72 | 0.12 | 5 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (including Polioencephalitis) Paralytic | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 1 |
| Non Paralytic | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 1 |
| Food Poisoning | 0.13 | 0.16 | 0.08 | 0.23 | 0.21 | 9 |
| Rates per 1,000 Live Births. | ||||||
| 29.6 (a) | 33.9 | 27.6 | 26.4 | 17.5 | 11 | |
| Enteritis and Diarrhœa under2 years of age | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 1 |
| Rates per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Firths. | ||||||
| 10.66 | 13.77 | 8.08 | 14.90 | 4.63 | 3 | |
| Sepsis of Pregnancy childbirth and puerperium | 0.10 | |||||
| Abortion with toxaemia | 0.00 | |||||
| Other toxaemias of pregnancy and puerperium | 0.24 | |||||
| Haemorrhage of pregnancy and childbirth | 0.13 | |||||
| Abortion withoutmention of sepsis or toxaemia | 0.05 | |||||
| Abortion with sepsis | 0.09 | |||||
| Other complications of pregnancy, childbirth and puerperuim | 0.18 | |||||
(a) Rates per 1,000 related live births.