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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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A fully-equipped meteorological station has been established
in Oakwood Park (Long. 0" 7' 18" W., Lat. 51° 38' 28" N.). The
site is approximately the highest in the Borough (221.81 0 .D.
Newlyn).
The following instruments have been installed, and will be
added to in the course of time as occasion arises:—
Dines recording anemometer; chronometer; Fortin barometer;
bare patch for earth inspections; 5in. Snowdon rain
gauge; Campbell Stokes sunshine recorder; Stevenson's screen
with maximum and minimum mark 1 thermometers, wet and
dry fitments; earth thermometer; recording rain gauge (Hyetograph);
grass thermometer.
Since March 1st, 1938, readings have been taken each day at
9 a.m., and from that date until the end of the year 1,310.2 hours
sunshine were recorded.
| Total. | , Male. | Female. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | Legitimate | 747 | 401 | 346 | ||
| Illegitimate | 26 | 11 | 15 | |||
| Totals | 773 | 412 | 361 | Birth Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population .. .. 11.39 | ||
| Stillbirths | 27 | 15 | 12 | Rate per 1.000 total (live and still) births .. ..33.75 | ||
| Deaths | 647 | 314 | 333 | Corrected Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population.. 9.34 | ||
| Deaths from puerperal causes:— | ||||||
| Rate per 1,000 total | ||||||
| Deaths. | (live and still) births. | |||||
| From Puerperal Sepsis | 1 | 1.25 | ||||
| From other Puerperal causes | 0 | 0.00 | ||||
| Total | 1 | 1.25 | ||||