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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
Southwark 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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VITAL STATISTICS, 1945.
| ESTIMATED CIVILIAN POPULATION- | ||||
| LIVE BIRTHS | Males | Females | Total | |
| Legitimate | 613 | 557 | 1170 | |
| Illegitimate | 77 | 58 | 135 | |
| 690 | 615 | |||
| Live Birth Rate - 18.3 per 1000 population. | ||||
| STILL-BIRTHS | Males | Females | Total | |
| Legitimate | 10 | 23 | 33 | |
| Illegitimate | 2 | - | 2 | |
| 12 | 23 | 35 | ||
| DEATHS | Males | Females | Total | |
| 645 | 502 | 1147 | ||
| Death Rate:- 16.1 per 1000 population. | ||||
| MATERNAL DEATHS | Deaths | Live & Still Births Rate per 1000 | ||
| From puerperal sepsis | Nil | Nil | ||
| Other puerperal causes | 1 | 0.75 | ||
| INFANT DEATHS | Death Rate. | |||
| All infants - per 1000 live births | 39 | |||
| Legitimate infants - per 1000 live legitimate births | 43 | |||
| Illegitimate infants - per 1000 live illegitimate births | 7 | |||
| OTHER DEATHS | Deaths | |||
| Measles (all ages) | Nil | |||
| Cancer (all ages) | 194 | |||
| Whooping Cough (all ages ) | Nil | |||
| Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | 10 | |||
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