Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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10 REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR 1957
Number of Live Births: | ||||
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Males | Females | Total | ||
Legitimate | 2,444 | 2,205 | 4,649 | |
Illegitimate | 199 | 189 | 388 | |
Total live births | 2,643 | 2,394 | 5,037 | |
Number of Stillbirths | 58 | 42 | 100 | |
Number of deaths | 2,314 | 2,657 | 4,971 | |
Birth-rate—Crude | .. | 14.92 | ||
Adjusted | .. | 14.32 | ||
Death-rate—Crude | .. | 14.72 | ||
Adjusted | .. | 10.15 | ||
Deaths from puerperal causes, Nil | ||||
Infantile mortality per 1,000 live births: | ||||
All infants | 15.6 | |||
Legitimate infants | 15.4 | |||
Illegitimate infants | 18.0 | |||
Deaths from Cancer | 1,161 | |||
„ „ Diphtheria | 0 | |||
„ „ Scarlet Fever | 0 | |||
„ „ Measles | 1 | |||
„ „ Whooping Cough | 0 | |||
„ „ Tuberculosis | 36 | |||
Tuberculosis death-rate0.10 | ||||
There has been no unusual or excessive mortality during the year. |