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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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| Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated population 10.06 | ||||
| Deaths from puerperal causes: | ||||
| Rate per 1,000 total 'live and still) | ||||
| Deaths | births | |||
| From puerperal sepsis | 0 | 0 | ||
| From other causes | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | |||
| Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age: | ||||
| Male | Female | Total | ||
| Legitimate | 14 | 2 | 16 | |
| Illegitimate | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 15 | 5 | 20 | ||
| Infant Death Rate: | ||||
| All infants per 1,000 births | 23.25 | |||
| Legitimate—per 1,000 legitimate live births | 19.39 | |||
| Illegitimate—per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 114.28 | |||
| Deaths from Measles (all ages) | 0 | |||
| Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) | 0 | |||
POPULATION
The Registrar General estimated the civilian population of the
Borough at the middle of 1950 to be 74,180, a decrease of 170 as
compared with 1949.
BIRTHS—BIRTH RATE
The nett total births accredited to the district was 860, a
decrease of 84 on the preceding year. Of these, 466 were males
and 394 females (13 males and 22 females being illegitimate).
The birth-rate for the vear was 11.46 per 1,000 of the population.
The birth-rate for England-Wales for 1950 was 15.8, and for
the administrative County of London, 17.8.
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