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Southwark 1952

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]

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Table: The birth-rate continued to fall, but there was again an increase in the death-rate. There was a decline in the stillbirth rate but the infant death-rate was the highest since 1949.

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The birth-rate continued to fall, but there was again an increase in the death-rate. There was a decline in the stillbirth rate but the infant death-rate was the highest since 1949.

Estimated Population		Crude		Infant Death Rate			Still Birth Rate
Estimated Population		Birth Rate	Death Rate	Legitimate	Illegitimate	Total	Still Birth Rate
1938	145,300	14.0	12.5	67	66	57	32.0
1939	141,120	14.0	13.9	47	38	47	30.8
1940	101,900	17.3	24.1	48	68	49	28.6
1941	69,740	15.9	27.5	82	59	80	34
1942	66,480	19.2	18.9	60	76	61	31.1
1943	68,470	18.3	18.8	48	62	49	24.1
1944	67,220	19.4	21.7	51	57	51	24.7
1945	71,160	18.3	16.1	43	57	39	26.1
1946	86,280	24.3	15.7	45	62	46	25.6
1947	92,070	26.4	15.6	38	60	39	26.1
1948	94,630	21.7	12.8	38	26	37	17.1
1949	96,810	19.5	13.0	26	71	29	27.1
1950	97,080	18.6	12.2	17	46	20	16.8
1951	97,930	18.0	13.5	19	19	19	23.2
1952	97,970	17.6	14.0	28	34	29	21.4

Table: The birth-rate continued to fall, but there was again an increase in the death-rate. There was a decline in the stillbirth rate but the infant death-rate was the highest since 1949.

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The birth-rate continued to fall, but there was again an increase in the death-rate. There was a decline in the stillbirth rate but the infant death-rate was the highest since 1949.

	Legitimate			Illegitimate			Totals
	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
Live Births
1951	852	808	1,660	56	51	107	908	859	1,767
1952	845	769	1,614	69	47	116	914	816	1,730
Still Births
1951	17	19	36	4	2	6	21	21	42
1952	14	23	37	-	1	1	14	24	38
Infant deaths (under 1 year)
1951	17	14	31	2	-	2	19	14	33
1952	25	20	45	2	2	4	27	22	49

Table: DEATHS Male and Female Age Groups.

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DEATHS Male and Female Age Groups.

	Under 1	1-4	5-14	15-44	45-64	65 and over	Total 1952	Total 1951
Males	27	3	1	51	200	460	742	722
Females	22	3	-	32	102	476	635	602
	49	6	1	83	302	936	1,377	1,324

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Southwark 1952

Table: The birth-rate continued to fall, but there was again an increase in the death-rate. There was a decline in the stillbirth rate but the infant death-rate was the highest since 1949.

Table: The birth-rate continued to fall, but there was again an increase in the death-rate. There was a decline in the stillbirth rate but the infant death-rate was the highest since 1949.

Table: DEATHS Male and Female Age Groups.