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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

Poplar 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR.

EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR.

MalesFemalesTotal
Live Births: Legitimate6005941,194
Illegitimate221739
Rate per 1,000 estimated resident population:
Recorded16.7
Standardised16.3
Stillbirths: Legitimate181129
Illegitimate---
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births23.0
Deaths443354797
Death rate per 1,000 estimated resident population :
Recorded10.8
Standardised12.3
Deaths of Infants under one year of age:
Legitimate23932
Illegitimate-22
Death rate of Infants under one year of age:
All infants per 1,000 live births27.6
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births26.8
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births51.3

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