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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 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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Extract from Vital Statistics.
Live Births.
Total (B.R.) M. F.
Legitimate 676 370 306
Illegitimate 44 20 24
Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated population—14.4
Still Births.
Legitimate 19 15 4
Illegitimate — — —
Deaths
Death rate per 1,000 inhabitants 12.5
Deaths from Puerperal Causes (Heading 29 and 30 of the Registrar
General's Short List).
Rate per 1,000 total
Deaths. (live & still) births.
No. 29. Puerperal Sepsis — —
No. 30. Other Puerperal Causes 2 2.9
Death rate of Infants under 1 year of age.
All infants per 1,000 live births 47.8
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births __ • 44.3
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 90.9
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 121
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 1
Deaths from .Whooping Cough (all ages) 2
Deaths from Diphtheria (all ages) 2
Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 3