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 13 10 3
Births Illegitimate 2 1 1
Still-birth rate, per 1,000 total (live and still) births, 33.4
Deaths 307 153 154
Crude Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident
population, 11 -8.
Adjusted Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident
population, 10-9.
Deaths from puerperal causes : Nil.
Deaths of Infants under one year of age:—
Legitimate, 18. Illegitimate, 3. Total, 21.
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age:
All Infants, per 1,000 live births 48.4
Legitimate Infants, per 1,000 legitimate live
births 43.2
Illegitimate Infants, per 1,000 illegitimate live
births 176.4
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 4
„ Whooping Cough (all ages) 2
„ „ Diarrhoea (under two years of age) 2
Births.
The live births registered during the year numbered 433,
of which 216 were males and 217 females. This gives a birth
rate of 16.7 per 1,000, compared with 14.9 for 1935.