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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
Greenford 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenford]
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Births.
| Legitimate | Illegitimate | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | M | F | Total | M | F | Total |
| January | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | - | 1 |
| February | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | |
| March | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| April | - | - | - | - | - | |
| May | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - |
| June | 1 | 3 | 4 | - | - | - |
| July | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - |
| August | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| September | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| October | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | - |
| November | 0 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - |
| December | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 14 | 15 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
The above table shows the number of Births registersd
in the District during the different months of the year.
None were transferred by the Registrar General as having
occurred in Hospitals or Institutions outside the District.
Of the 29 Births 2 were illegitimate and one of these died in
the Isleworth Infirmary.
As the population for the year is estimated at 1,245 the
Birth Rate is 23.2 per 1,000 persons living as against 27.9
the previous year.
The decline in the Birth Rate appears to be general
throughout the country. Many reasons have been advanced
for this, but I do not think it would serve any purpose to
enter upon these now.
Pathological Means for Diagnosing Disease.
The Council have an arrangement with the Clinical Research
Association for the examination of, and report on,
specimens of sputum for the detection of Tubercle, Bacilli,
Blood for Enteric Fever, throat and nose discharges for Diphtheria.
Such communications and reports being paid for
by the Council are free to the Medical men practising in the
District and their patients
The Council also provide them gratuitously with a supply
of Antitoxin for cases of Diphtheria.