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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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| (1) | Rates per 1.000 Total Births (i.e., Live and Still) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | ||||
| (a) Notifications:— | ||||||||
| Puerperal Fever | 2.65 | 7.16 | 8.99 | 6.27 | 1.21 | |||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 6.94 | |||||||
| WIMBLEDON | — | — | — | 0.88 | ||||
| England and Wales | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.16 | 0.85 | ||||
| Abortion:- | ||||||||
| England and Wales | 9 | 5 | ||||||
I Including Puerperal Fever.
BIRTHS.
The statistics supplied by the Registrar-General show that during
1947 the total number of registered live births belonging to Wimbledon
amounted to 1,109. In addition 24 stillbirths were registered. This
gives a birth-rate of 19.82 per thousand of the population, compared
with 18.90 per thousand for the previous year. 53 live births were
illegitimate. There were no illegitimate stillbirths.
Public Health Act, 1936.—Notification of Births.
During 1947, 1,319 live births and 24 stillbirths were notified.
Of these, 224 live births and 4 still births occurring in Wimbledon
were in respect of mothers normally resident outside the district.
The following is an analysis of the 1,115 notified births belonging
to Wimbledon (i.e. as adjusted by inward and outward transfers)
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