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Deaths from puerperal causes:—
Deaths 4 Rate per 1,000 total (live
and still) births 3.36
Deaths from—
Puerperal Sepsis 2
Other Puerperal causes 2
Total 4
Death-rate of Infants under one year of age:—
All Infants per 1,000 live births 50.0
Legitimate Infants per 1,000 legitimate
live births 49.8
Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 illegitimate
live births 57.1
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 113
,, Measles (all ages) 0
,, Whooping Cough (all ages) 1
,, Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 5
Registrar.s Estimate of the Resident Population:—
Mid-Year 1937 74,530
Resident Staff, Patients, Inmates and Scholars (not
having their residence in the District):—
Staff. Inmates.
London Industrial Colony 18 342
Hospitals 309 431
Private Schools 21 60
348 833
By adding the non-resident Inmates to Registrar.s
Estimate of the Resident Population the Gross
Population was at Mid-Year 75,711
On the population estimate of 74,530:—
The Birth-rate was 15.5 per 1,000 persons living.
The Death-rate was 9.5 per 1,000 persons living.
The Infant Mortality (deaths under 1 year per
1,000 births) 50.0
These figures compare favourably with those for the
whole of England and Wales, and for the great towns
and smaller towns, as shown in a table on the following
page.
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