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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

Hayes and Harlington 1939

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hayes]

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Table: AVERAGE UNEMPLOYMENT PER MONTH.

AVERAGE UNEMPLOYMENT PER MONTH.

193919381937
Males6991,012555
Females631650288
1,3301,662843

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1939 Male figures
- decrease of approx. 31 per cent compared with
1938 figures.
1939 Female figures
- decrease of approx. 3 per cent compared with
1938 figures.
1939 Total figures
- decrease of approx. 20 per cent compared with
1933 figures.

Table: EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR.

EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR.

TotalM.F.(Birth Rate per 1,000 of (the estimated resident (population
Live Births -Legitimate1,137578559
Illegitimate462422(23.0
Stillbirths331419(Rate per 1,000 total (live (and still) births 27.1
Deaths376210166(Death Rate per 1,000 of (the estimated resident (population 7.32

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The Areal Comparability Factor for adjusting the local death rate
to that for the whole country after taking into consideration age and
sex is the same as last year, namely 1.36. The adjusted death rate is,
therefore, 10.Oi

Table: Deaths from puerperal causes

Deaths from puerperal causes

Deaths.Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births.
Puerperal sepsis10.825
Other puerperal causes10.825
Total21.65
Death rate of infants under one year of age -
All infants per 1,000 live births56.8
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births53.8
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate livo births130.4
M.P.Total
Deaths from Cancer (all ages)222749
Deaths 'from Measles (all ages)000
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages)022
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)8311

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