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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
Beddington and Wallington 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beddington and Wallington]
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Comparative birth rates, civilian death rates, analysis of mortality, maternal mortality and case rates for certain infectious diseases in the year 1950:
| 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. | Borough of Beddington and Wallington. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births— | Rates per 1,000 Population. | ||||||||||
| Live | 15.80 | 17.60 | 16.70 | 17.80 | 12.54 | ||||||
| Still | 0.37 | 0.45 | 0.38 | 0.36 | 0.18 | ||||||
| Deaths— All Causes | 11.60 | 12.30 | 11.60 | 11.80 | 10.95 | ||||||
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||
| WhQoping Cough | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | ||||||
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||
| T uberculosis | 0.36 | 0.42 | 0.33 | 0.39 | 0.27 | ||||||
| Influenza | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.06 | ||||||
| Smallpox | — | — | — | _ | |||||||
| Acute Poliomyelitis (including Polioencephalitis) | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.00 | ||||||
| Pneumonia | 0.46 | 0.49 | 0.45 | 0.48 | 0.39 | ||||||
| Notifications— | |||||||||||
| Typhoid Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | ||||||
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.03 | ||||||
| Meningococcal Infection | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.00 | ||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 1.50 | 1.56 | 1.61 | 1 .23 | 2.83 | ||||||
| Whooping Cough | 3.60 | 3.97 | 3.15 | 3.21 | 6.48 | ||||||
| Diphtheria | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.00 | ||||||
| Erysipelas | 0.17 | 0.19 | 0.16 | 0.17 | 0.27 | ||||||
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — | _ | ||||||
| Measles | •39 | 8.76 | 8.36 | 6.57 | 20.89 | ||||||
| Pneumonia | 0.70 | 0.77 | 0.61 | 0.50 | 0.42 | ||||||
| Acute Poliomyelitis (including Polioencephalitis) Paralytic | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.08 | 0.03 | ||||||
| Non.Paralytic | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.03 | ||||||
| Food Poisoning | 0.17 | 0.16 | 0.14 | 0.25 | 0.00 | ||||||
| Deaths under 1 year of age | Rates per 1,000 Live Births. | ||||||||||
| 29.80 | 33.80 | 29.40 | 26.30 | 19.00 | |||||||
| Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis under 2 years of age | 1.90 | 2.20 | 1.60 | 1.00 | 2.37 | ||||||
| Notifications— Puerperal Pyrexia | Rates per 1,000 Total Births (i.e., Live and | Still). | |||||||||
| 5.81 | 7.43 | | 4.33 | 6.03 | | 0.00 | |||||||
| Abortion with Sepsis | Other Abortion | Complication of Pregnancy and Delivery | Sepsis of Childbirth and the Puer. perium | Other Complications of the Puer. perium | Total | ||||||
| Maternal Mortality England and Wales | 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.54 | 0.03 | 0.15 | 0.86 | |||||
| Beddington and Wallington | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||