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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR.
Males Females Total
Live Births: Legitimate 600 559 1,159
Illegitimate 37 25 62
Birth Rate per 1,000 estimated resident population: 16.8
Stillbirths: Legitimate 15 10 25
Illegitimate 1 2 3
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 22.4
Deaths 499 369 868
Death Rate per 1,000 estimated resident population: 12.0
Deaths of Infants under one year of age:
Legitimate 16 12 28
Illegitimate 1 1
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age:
All infants per 1,000 live births 23.8
Legitimate infants per 1,000
legitimate live births 24.2
Illegitimate infants per 1,000
illegitimate live births 16.1
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