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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
Southgate 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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Table IV.
Vital Statistics or Whole District during 1933 and Five Previous Years.
| Year. | Population estimated at Middle of each Year. | Nett Births belonging to District. | Nett Deaths belonging to the District. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | Under 1 Year of Age. | ||||||
| Number. | Rate per 1,000 Population. | Number. | Rate per 1,000 Population. | Number. | Rate per 1,000 Nett Births. | ||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 1928 | 47,040 | 591 | 12.57 | 405 | 8.1 | 16 | 27.07 |
| 1929 | 49,630 | 557 | 11.22 | 534 | 10.05 | 27 | 48.47 |
| 1930 | 51,590 | 607 | 11.76 | 498 | 9.07 | 22 | 36.24 |
| 1931 | 55,460 | 663 | 11.68 | 512 | 8.67 | 30 | 45.24 |
| 1932 | 57,250 | 651 | 11.37 | 589 | 9.67 | 25 | 38.40 |
| 1933 | 58,820 | 570 | 9.69 | 591 | 9.44 | 19 | 33.33 |
Comparison of the Rates of the Southgate District with those of England and Wales, and London, for the Year 1933.
| Rate per 1,000 Total Population. | Annual Death Rate per 1,000 Population. | Rate per 1,000 Live Births. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | Still Births. | All Causes. | Enteric Fever. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under two years). | Total Deaths under one year. | |
| England and Wales | 14.4 | 0.02 | 12.3 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.57 | 7.1 | 64 |
| 118 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including | 14.4 | 0.07 | 12.2 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.55 | 9.4 | 67 |
| 132 Smaller Towns (1931 Estim'd Census Populations 25,000—50,000). | 14.5 | 0.63 | 11.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.53 | 4.9 | 56 |
| London | 13.2 | 0.45 | 12.2 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.51 | 11.6 | 59 |
| South gate | 9.69 | 0.27 | 9.44 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.59 | 0.00 | 33.33 |