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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 1948

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]

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Table: VITAL STATISTICS.(Comparable figures for 1947 given in brackets).

VITAL STATISTICS.

(Comparable figures for 1947 given in brackets).

totalmalesfemales
Legitimate1098 (1287)556 (685)542 (602)
Illegitimate49 (77)20 (42)29 (35)
Totals1147 (1364)576 (727)571 (637)

Table: Birth rate per 1,000 estimated population is 16.7 (20.08).

Birth rate per 1,000 estimated population is 16.7 (20.08).

totalmalesfemales
Legitimate17 (32)10 (15)7 (17)
Illegitimate2 (1)1 (1)1 (-)
Totals19 (33)11 (16)8 (17)

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Deaths: 638 (720).
Death rate per 1,000 inhabitants 9.4 (10.5).
Deaths from Puerperal Causes (Registrar General's short list
for England & Wales, Headings 29 and 30):
Deaths.
Rate per 1,000
Live & Still Births.
No. 29 Puerperal Sepsis - (-) - (-)
No. 30 Other Puerperal Causes — (-) — (-)
Death Rate of Infants under 1 year of age:
All infants per 1,000 live births (E. & W.
—41) 24.4 (33.8)
Legitimate infants per 1,000 live births 22.6 (34.1)
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 live births 41.8. (51.6)
Deaths:
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 116 (114)
Deaths from Measles (all ages) - (-)
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) 1 (-)
Deaths from Diphtheria (all ages) - (-)
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of
age) 2 (6)
Death rate from Diarrhoea (under 2 years
of age 3.1 (2.2)