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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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Certain difficulties were encountered in setting up the proposed
meteorological station referred to in last year's Annual Report,
but the necessary equipment has now been ordered and a suitable
site selected for its installation. It is now hoped that the station
may be operating within the very near future.
| Total Rain for month. | Number of 0.01 or more ins | Wet Days with 0.04 or more ins. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936. | 1935. | 1936. | 1935. | 1936. | 1935. | |
| Ins. | Ins. | Days. | Days. | Days. | Days. | |
| Jan. | 4.47 | 1.26 | 22 | 14 | 17 | 11 |
| Feb. | 1.67 | 2.57 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 11 |
| Mar. | 1.24 | 0.50 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 5 |
| April | 1.47 | 2.86 | 14 | 20 | 10 | 15 |
| May | 0.31 | 1.16 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 6 |
| June | 3.63 | 3.82 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 13 |
| July | 3.09 | 0.97 | 22 | 6 | 14 | 5 |
| Aug. | 0.54 | 2.13 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
| Sept. | 2.79 | 3.79 | 18 | 19 | 12 | 14 |
| Oct. | 1.72 | 3.17 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 10 |
| Nov. | 3.16 | 4.24 | 16 | 23 | 13 | 17 |
| Dec. | 1.79 | 2.85 | 18 | 21 | 13 | 16 |
| Totals | 25.88 | 29.32 | 182 | 171 | 131 | 129 |
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR.
Total. Male. Female.
Live Legitimate 620 318 302
Births (Illegitimate 25 12 13
Totals 645 330 315 Birth Rate per 1,000
of the estimated
resident population
10.08
Stillbirths 23 14 9 Rate per 1,000 total
(live and still)
births 34.43
Deaths 631 334 297 Corrected Death
Rate per 1,000 of
the estimated resident
population 9.66
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