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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

Paddington 1897

Report on vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1897

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12
0.84 per 1,000 of the population. (See Table 4.) The
mean illegitimate rate for the decennium was 1.19,
0.35 above the rate for last year. The illegitimate
births were in the proportion of 3.68 to every 100
legitimate, as compared with a decennial average of
5.13.

Table: TABLE 4. Illegitimate Births and Birth-rates.

TABLE 4. Illegitimate Births and Birth-rates.

Year.Estimated Population.Births Registered.Birth-rates per 1,000 of Population.Illegitimate Births per 100 Legitimate.
Legitimate.Illegitimate.Total.Legitimate.Illegitimate.Total.
1887114,4622,7351812,91623.91.5825.66.20
1888115,7492,6941492,84323.31.2824.65.24
1889117,0602,7291342,86323.41.1424.54.68
1890118,7362,7411602,90123.11.3424.45.51
1891117,8382,8071462,95223.91.2325.14.91
1892119,2602,7921422,93423.41.1824.64.77
1893120,4802,8851263,01124.11.0425.24.18
1894121,5002,6861482,83422.11.2123.35.22
1895122,7502,8641252,97923.31.0124.34.19
1896124,8502,9491193,06823.30.9424.24.03
Mean for 10 years 1887-96119,6562,7871432,93023.291.1924.485.13
1897126,2532,9031073,01022.990.8423.843.68

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VACCINATION.
There was a slight increase in the percentage of
infants "not accounted for" during 1896 (the last
year for which returns have been completed),