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 Acton]
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Extracts from Vital Statistics.—The following table gives
the extracts from the vital statistics required by the Ministry ofHealth:—
POPULATION 00,472.
Total.
M.
F.
Live Births.
Birth-rate per 1,000
of estimated population—13.57
Legitimate
907
464
443
Illegitimate
36
19
17
Still Births.
943
483
460
Legitimate
32
10
22
Rate per 1,000 birthS
—34
Illegitimate
—
—
—
32
10
22
Deaths
727
Death-rate per 1,000 inhabitants—
10.46
Deaths from Puerperal causes (Headings 29 and 30 of the Registrar
General's short list).
Deaths
Rate per 1,000 birth
No. 29 Puerperal Sepsis
2
5.3
No. 30. Other Puerperal causes
3
Death-rate of Infants under 1 year of age.
AH infants per 1,000 births 41
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate births 42
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate births
Deaths from Measles—all ages 28
Deaths from Whooping Cough 11
Deaths from Diarrhoea—under 2 years of age T
POPULATION.
The Registrar General has supplied the following memorandum
on the change of boundary.
The statistics of births, deaths and notifiable diseases for the
calendar year in respect of Acton are composite figures combing
the records for the first portion of the year prior to the date of change