Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]
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Total Male Female
Still Legitimate 12 8 4
Births Illegitimate 1 — 1
Still-Birth Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births, 32-3.
Deaths 333 163 170
Crude Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident
population, 12.8.
Adjusted Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident
population, 11.7.
Deaths from puerperal causes :—
Rate per 1,000 total
Deaths (live and still) births.
Puerperal sepsis Nil Nil
Other puerperal causes 2 4-97
Total 2 4-97
Deaths of Infants under one year of age :—
Legitimate, 24. Illegitimate, 3. Total, 27.
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age :
All Infants, per 1,000 live births 69.4
Legitimate Infants, per 1,000 legitimate live
births 65.7
Illegitimate Infants, per 1,000 illegitimate live
births 125.0
Deaths from Measles (all ages)—
,, ,, Whooping Cough (all ages) —
Diarrhoea (under two years of age) 6