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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
Southall 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS Table 1
| Total | Male | Female | Comparative figures for 1948 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | Legitimate | 832 | 432 | 400 | 943 |
| Illegitimate | 39 | 22 | 17 | 53 | |
| Stillbirths- | Legitimate | 13 | 3 | 10 | | 23 |
| Illegitimate | 1 | - | 1 | ||
| Deaths | 531 | 273 | 258 | 465 | |
| Birth rate (live and stillbirths) per 1,000 of the estimated population | 15.72 | 18.14 | |||
| Stillbirth rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 15.82 | 23.10 | |||
| Crude death rate per 1,000 of the civilian population | 9.43 | 8.28 | |||
| Deaths from Puerperal Causes (Headings 29 and 30) of the Registrar-General's Short List):— | |||||
| Rate per 1,000 total (live & still) | |||||
| Deaths | births | ||||
| No. 29. Puerperal sepsis | — | — | | 2.01 | ||
| No. 30. Other puerperal causes | — | — | |||
| Total | — | — | |||
| Death rate of infants under 1 year of age:— | |||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 40.18 | 29.12 | |||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 40.87 | 27.57 | |||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 25.64 | 2.01 | |||
| Deaths from cancer (all ages) | 100 | 84 | |||
| Deaths from measles (all ages) | — | 1 | |||
| Deaths from whooping cough (all ages) | 2 | — | |||
| Deaths from diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years of age) | 4 | 4 | |||