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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

Wandsworth 1951

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

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1951

Table: Extracts from Vital Statistics

Extracts from Vital Statistics

No. of Live BirthsMalesFemalesTotal
Legitimate225020274277
Illegitimate140136276
Total Live Births239021634553

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No. of stillbirths 55 35 90
No. of deaths 2115 2157 4272
Birth-rate 13.70
Rate per 1,000
Death-rate 12.85 (Live and Still) Births
Deaths from puerperal and postabortive
sepsis 2 .43
Deaths from other puerperal causes 1 .21
Total 3 .64

Table: Infantile mortality per 1,000 live births:—

Infantile mortality per 1,000 live births:—

All infants23
Legitimate infants22
Illegitimate infants36
Deaths from Cancer714
,, Diphtheria0
,, Scarlet Fever0
,, Measles4
,, Whooping Cough2
,, Tuberculosis107
Tuberculosis death-rate.32

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There has been no unusual or excessive mortality during the
year and no noteworthy outbreaks of illness have occurred.