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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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Table IV.
Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1934 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. | Bate per 1,000 Nett Births. | ||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 1929 | 49,030 | 657 | 11.22 | 534 | 10.05 | 27 | 48.47 |
| 1930 | 61,590 | 607 | 11.76 | 498 | 9.07 | 22 | 36.24 |
| 1931 | 56,460 | 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 |
| 1934 | 59,997 | 640 | 10.66 | 596 | 9.73 | 25 | 39.06 |
Comparison of the Rates of the Southgate District with those of England and Wales, and London, for the Year 1934.
| 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 | 14.8 | 0.62 | 11.8 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.10 | 0.14 | 5.5 | 59 |
| 121 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including | 14.7 | 0.00 | 11.8 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 7.4 | 63 |
| 132 Smaller Towns (1931 Jistim'd Census Populations 25,000—50,000). | 15.0 | 0.67 | 11.3 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.09 | 0.14 | 3.6 | 53 |
| London | 13.2 | 0.50 | 11.9 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 12.6 | 67 |
| Southgate | 10.66 | 0.38 | 9.73 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.13 | 1.56 | 39.06 |