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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
Surbiton 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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Deaths from puerperal causes. Rate per 1,000 total
(Live and still) births.
Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion Nil
Death rate of infants under one year of age:-
All infants per 1,000 live births 11.02
Legitimate infants per 1,000
legitimate live births 11.49
Illegitimate infants per 1,000
illegitimate live births Nil
Deaths from malignant neoplasms (all ages) 120
Deaths from measles (all ages) Nil
Deaths from whooping-cough (all ages) Nil
Deaths from diarrhoea
(under 2 years of age) Nil
INFANT MORTALITY RATE
The following table shows the death rate of infants under
one year of age per 1,000 live births.
Year
Surbiton.
England and Wales
(Smaller towns)
1945
34.28
46.0
1946
19.75
37.0
1947
24.41
36.0
1948
17.48
32.0
1949
23.54
30.0
1950
26.31
29.4
1951
20.21
27.6
1952
18.42
27.6
1953
21.02
24.3
1954
11.02
25.0
5.