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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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Table IV.
Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1936 and Six 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 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 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 |
| 1934 | 59,997 | 640 | 10.66 | 596 | 9.73 | 25 | 39.06 |
| 1935 | 62,180 | 681 | 10.95 | 561 | 8.84 | 30 | 44.05 |
| 1936 | (14,000 | 645 | 10.08 | 631 | 9.66 | 28 | 43.41 |
Comparison of the Rates of the Southgate District with those of England and Wales, and London, for the Year 1938.
| 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. | Typhoid 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 | 0.61 | 12.1 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.14 | 5.9 | 59 |
| 122 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 14.9 | 0.67 | 12.3 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.09 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.14 | 8.2 | 63 |
| 143 Smaller Towns (1931 Census Populations 25,000—50,000). | 15.0 | 0.64 | 11.5 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0 05 | 0.15 | 3.4 | 55 |
| London | 13.6 | 0.53 | 12.5 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0 14 | 0.01 | 0 06 | 0.05 | 0.14 | 14.4 | 66 |
| 0.36 | 9.66 | 0 03 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.18 | 0.01 | |||