Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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Table IV.
Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1937 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 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
1931 1932 | 56,460 57,250 | 663 651 | 11.68 11.37 | 512 589 | 8,67 9.67 | 30 25 | 45.24 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 | 64,000 | 645 | 10.08 | 631 | 9.66 | 28 | 43.41 |
1937 | 66,230 | 658 | 9.93 | 716 | 10.59 | 28 | 42.55 |
Comparison of the Rates of the Southoate District with those of England and Wales, and London, for the Year 1937.
Rate per 1,000 Total Population. | Annual Death Rate per 1,000 Population. | Rate per 1,000 Live Births, | ||||||||||
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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 | 14.9 | 0.60 | 12.4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0 45 | 5.2 | 58 |
125 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 14.9 | 0.67 | 12.5 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.39 | 7.9 | 62 |
148 Smaller Towns (1931 Census Populations 25,000—50,000). | 15.3 | 0.64 | 11.9 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.42 | 3.2 | 55 |
London | 13.3 | 0.54 | 12.3 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.28 | 120 | 60 |