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Malden and Coombe 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Malden & Coombe]

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Birth-rates,Civilian Death-rates, Analysis of Mortality, Maternal Mortality and Case rates for certain Infectious diseases in the year 1950. Provisional figures based on Quarterly Returns.

England and Wales126 C.B$. and Great Towns Including London148 Smaller Towns Resident Pop. 25,000— 50,000 1931 CensusLondon Adm. CountyEngland and Wales126 C.Bs. and Great Towns Including London148 Smaller Towns Resident Pop. 25,000— 50,000 1931 CensusLondon Adm. County
BirthsRates per 1,000 Home Population.Rates per 1,000 Live Births.
Live Births15.817.616.717.8Deaths under 1 year of age29.8*33.829.426.3
Still Births0.370.450.380.36
DeathsDeaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis under 2 years of age1.92.21.61.0
All Causes11.612.311.611.8
Typhoid and Paratyphoid0.000.000.000.00
Pneumonia0.460.490.450.48
Whooping Cough0.010.010.010.01
Diphtheria0.000.000.000.00Rates per 1,000 Total Births (Live and Still).
Influenza0.100.090.100.07
Small-pox
Tuberculosis0.360.420.330.39Notification
Ac. Poliomyelitis & Polioencephalitis0.020.020.020.01
Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia5.817.434.336.03
Notifications
Typhoid Fever0.000.000.000.01
Paratyphoid Fever0.010.010.010.01
Meningococcal Infection0.030.030.020.03Maternal Mortality in England and Wales
Scarlet Fever1.501.561.611.23
Whooping Cough3.603.973.153.21
Diphtheria0.020.030.020.03
Erysipelas0.170.190.160.17Abortion with Sepsis0.09
Small-pox0.000.00-Abortion without Sepsis0.05
Measles8.398.768.366.57Puerperal Infections0.03
Pneumonia0.700.770.610.50
Ac. Poliomyelitis (inc. Polioencephalitis) Paralytic0.130.120.110.08Other Maternal Causes
Complication of Pregnancy and Delivery0.54
Other Complications of Puerperium0.15
Non-Paralytic0.050.050.060.05
Food Poisoning0.170.160.140.25*Per 1,000 Related Live Births.