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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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Extracts from Vital Statistics.
POPULATION 69,100.
Total. M. F.
Live Births. Birth-rate per 1,000 of
Legitimate 846 422 424 estimated resident
Illegitimate 40 22 18 ulation—12.8
886 444 442
Still Births.
Legitimate 28 17 11 Rate per 1,000 total
Illegitimate 4 13 (live & still) births—17
32 18 14
Deaths 750 Death-rate per 1,000 inhabitants 10.8.
Deaths from Puerperal causes (Headings 29 and 30 of the Registrar
General's short list).
Rate per 1,000 total
Deaths (live & still) births
No. 29 Puerperal Sepsis 0 —
No. 30 Other Puerperal causes 2 2.2
Death-rate of Infants under 1 year of age.
All infants per 1,000 live births 57
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 56
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 75
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 119
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 2
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) 3
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 11