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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Deaths 332 141 191
Crude Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident
population, 12.9.
Adjusted Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident
'population, 11.9.
Deaths from puerperal causes :
Rate per 1,000 total
Deaths. (live and still) births.
Puerperal Sepsis —
Other puerperal
causes 1 2.32
Total 1 2.32
Deaths of Infants under one year of age :
Legitimate, 22. Illegitimate, 2. Total, 24.
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age :
All Infants, per 1,000 live births 57.9
Legitimate Infants, per 1,000 legitimate live
births 561
Illegitimate Infants, per 1,000 illegitimate live
births 90.9
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 39
„ „ Measles (all ages) —
„ „ Whooping Cough (all ages) 1
„ „ Diarrhoea (under two years of age) 8
Births.
The live births registered during the year numbered 414,
of which 203 were males and 211 females. This gives a birth
rate of 16.1 per 1,000, compared with 16.7 for 1936.