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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

Wimbledon 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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Table: of the year show an increase of three hundred and eighty-nine as compared with those at the same date in 1937. The following table shows the position with regard to unemployment for the past eight years

of the year show an increase of three hundred and eighty-nine as compared with those at the same date in 1937. The following table shows the position with regard to unemployment for the past eight years

31st DecemberClassificationTotal
Male AdultsMale JuvenilesFemale AdultsFemale Juveniles
19311,26634253361.589
19321,43478273561,841
19331,2482323071,508
19341,08824330191,461
193581017225241,076
19366001013015756
1937750161411922
19381,008230201,811

Table: Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year 1938.(Registrar-General's Figures).

Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year 1938.

(Registrar-General's Figures).

Total.M.F.
Live Births -Legitimate666320346
Illegitimate321913
Total698339359

Table: Birth Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident

Birth Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident

population11.89
Total.M.p.
StillbirthsLegitimate22175
Illegitimate211
1 Total24186
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births33.24