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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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Death Rate of infants under one year of age:—
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 31.09 |
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 30.79 |
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 38.46 |
| Deaths from Measles (all ages) | 0 |
| Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) | 1 |
| Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | 4 |
POPULATION.
The Registrar-General's estimate of the population at the
middle of 1938 was 67,860. an increase of 1.630 over the estimate
for 1937. This is taken as the population of the Borough for the
purposes of this report.
The number of births exceeded the number of deaths by 126.
as compared with an excess of deaths over births of 58 in 1937.
The population for the past 5 years has been as follows:—
1934 59,997
1935 62,180
1936 64,000
1937 66,230
1938 67,860
BIRTHS—BIRTH RATE.
The nett total births accredited to the district was 773, an
increase of 115 on the preceding year; of these, 412 were males
and 361 females (11 males and 15 females were illegitimate). The
birth-rate was therefore 11.39 per 1,000 of the population, as
against 9.93 in 1937.
The birth-rate for England and Wales for 1938 was 15.1.
The total number of births actually registered in the district
during the year amounted to 692.
The birth-rate figure (11 .39) is the highest since 1931.
MORTALITY.
General Mortality and Death Rate.—The nett number oi
•deaths accredited to this district was 647, a decrease of 69 as
compared with the previous year.
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