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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
Acton 1936
[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 ol
Health
POPULATION 69,140.
| Total. | M. | F. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birth-rate per 1,000 of estimated population—12.72 | |||||
| Legitimate | 845 | 453 | 392 | ||
| Illegitimate | 36 | 11 | 25 | ||
| 881 | 464 | 417 | |||
| Legitimate | 26 | 14 | 12 | Rate per 1,000 births 33 | |
| Illegitimate | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 29 | 16 | 13 | |||
| Deaths | 794 | Death-rate per 1,000 inhabitants 11.5 | |||
| Deaths from Puerperal causes (Headings 29 and 30 of the Registrar General's short list). | |||||
| Deaths | Rate per 1,000 births | ||||
| No. 29 Puerperal Sepsis | 1 | 1.13 | |||
| No. 30. Other Puerperal causes | 1 | 1.13 | |||
| All infants per 1,000 births | 68 | ||||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate births | 66 | ||||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate births | 153 | ||||
| 10 | |||||
| 12 | |||||
POPULATION.
The Registrar General has given the estimated population
for mid 1936 at 69,140, an increase of 180 on the estimate for mid
1935, and a reduction of 1,370 on the Census population.