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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
Malden and Coombe 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Malden & Coombe]
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Birth-rates, Death-rates, Analysis of Mortality, Maternal Mortality and Case-rates for Certain Infectious Diseases in the Year 1952. Provisional figures based on Quarterly Returns.
| England and Wales | 160 County Boroughs and Great Towns (including London) | 160 Smaller Towns London (Resident Pop. Administrative 25,000-50,000 County at 1951 Census) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births— | Rate§ per 1,000 Home Population | |||
| Live births | 15.3 | 16.9 | 15.5 | 17.6 |
| Still births | 0.35 | 0.43 | 0.36 | 0.34 |
| 22.6* | 24.6* | 23.0* | 19.2* | |
| Deaths— | ||||
| All Causes | 11.3 | 12.1 | 11.2 | 12.6 |
| Typhoid and paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - |
| Whooping cough | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Tuberculosis | 0.24 | 0.28 | 0.22 | 0.31 |
| Influenza | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.05 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | - | - | - |
| Acute poliomyelitis (including polioencephalitis) | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| Pneumonia | 0.47 | 0.52 | 0.43 | 0.58 |
| Notifications (Corrected) | ||||
| Typhoid fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Paratyphoid fever | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.01 |
| Meningococcal infection | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 |
| Scarlet fever | 1.53 | 1.75 | 1.58 | 1.56 |
| Whooping cough | 2.61 | 2.74 | 2.57 | 1.66 |
| Diphtheria | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.01 |
| Erysipelas | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.14 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - |
| Measles | 8.86 | 10.11 | 8.49 | 9.23 |
| Pneumonia | 0.72 | 0.80 | 0.62 | 0.57 |
| Acute poliomyelitis (including polioencephalitis) Paralytic | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 |
| Non-paralytic | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 |
| Food poisoning | 0.13 | 0.16 | 0.11 | 0.18 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 17.87* | 23.94* | 10.22* | 30.77* |
| Deaths— | Rate per 1,000 Live Births | |||
| All causes under 1 year of age | 27.6t | 31.2 | 25.8 | 23.8 |
| Enteritis and diarrhoea under 2 years of age | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
| * Per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births. | ||||
| † Per 1,000 related live births. | ||||