Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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COMPARATIVE STATISTICS—1953
England and Wales | 160 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London. | 160 Smaller Towns (Resident populations 25,000— 50,000 at 1951 Census | London Administrative County- | Richmond | Richmond Actual | |
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Kates per 1,000 Home Population. | Nos. | |||||
Live Births | 15.5 | 17.0 | 15.7 | 17.5 | 13.4 | 570 |
Still Births | 0.35 | 0.13 | 0.34 | 0.38 | 0.35 | 15 |
22.4 (a) | 24.8(a) | 21.4(a) | 21.0 (a) | 25.6 (a) | ||
All Causes | 11.4 | 12.2 | 11.3 | 12.5 | 12.0 9.6 | 510 |
Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | - | — | 0 |
Whooping Cough | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 1 |
Diphtheria | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — | 0 |
Tuberculosis | 0 20 | 0 24 | 0.19 | 0.24 | 0.19 | 8 |
Influenza | 0.16 | 0.15 | 0.17 | 0.15 | 0.45 | 19 |
Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — | 0 |
Acute Poliomyelitis (including Polioencephalitis) | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 1 |
Pneumonia | 0.55 | 0.59 | 0 52 | 0.64 | 0.40 | 17 |
0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | - | 0 | |
Paratyphoid Fever | 0 01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | — | 0 |
Meningicoccal Infection | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.03 | — | 0 |
Scarlet Fever | 1.39 | 1.50 | 1.44 | 1.02 | 1.22 | 52 |
Whooping Cough | 3.58 | 3.72 | 3.38 | 3.30 | 6.15 | 261 |
Diphtheria | 0 01 | 001 | 0.01 | 0.00 | — | 0 |
Erysipelas | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 6 |
Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | — | 0 |
Measles | 12.36 | 11.27 | 12.32 | 8.09 | 7.77 | 330 |
Pneumonia | 0.84 | 0.92 | 0.76 | 0.73 | 0.35 | 15 |
Acute Poliomyelitis (including Polioencephalitis) Paralytic | 0 07 | 0 06 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.14 | 6 |
Non Paralytic | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 1 |
Food Poisoning | 0.24 | 0.25 | 0.24 | 0.38 | 2.42 | 103 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 18.23 (a) | 24.33(a) | 12.46(a) | 28.61(a) | — | 0 |
Kates per 1,000 Live Births. | ||||||
All causes under 1 year of age | 26.8 | 30.8 | 24.3 | 24.S | 10.5 | 6 |
Enteritis and Diarrhoea under 2 years of age | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.1 | — | 0 |
MATERNAL MORTALITY
England and Wales | Richmond | |||
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Number of Deaths | Rates per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births | Number of Deaths | Rates per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births | |
Other complications of pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium | 125 | 0.18 | 1 | 1.7 |
(a) Per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births |