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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

Wandsworth 1959

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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7
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS

Table: Extracts from Vital StatisticsNumber of Live Births:

Extracts from Vital Statistics

Number of Live Births:

MalesFemalesTotal
Legitimate2,4692,3924,861
Illegitimate237223460
Total live births2,7062,6155,321
Number of Stillbirths5843101
Number of deaths2,3812,6455,026
Birth-rate—Crude15.70
Adjusted15.07
Death-rate—Crude14.83
Adjusted10.53
Rate per 1,000 (Live and Still) Births
Deaths from puerperal causes 30.55
Infantile mortality per 1,000 live births:
All infants19.5
Legitimate infants20.3
Illegitimate infants10.8
Deaths from Cancer855
„ „ Diphtheria0
„ „ Scarlet Fever0
„ „ Measles1
„ „ Whooping Cough0
„ „ Tuberculosis38

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Tuberculosis death-rate 0.11
There has been no unusual or excessive mortality during the year.