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Southgate 1944

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]

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STATISTICS OF THE AREA.
Area (in acres) 3,764
Registrar General's estimate of Resident
Civilian Population, 1944 64 190
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1944)
according to Rate Books 20,430
Rateable Value (1944) £926,394
Sum represented by a penny rate (1944) £ 3,740
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR.
Total Male Female
LIVE (Legitimate 1,056 557 499
BIRTHS (Illegitimate 40 16 24
Totals 1,096 573 523
BIRTH RATE per 1,000 of the estimated population 17.07
STILLBIRTHS (Legitimate 25 14 11
(Illegitimate 11 0
RATE per 1,000 total (live and still) births 23.17
DEATHS from all causes and
at all ages 803 411 392
DEaTH RATE per 1,000 of the estimated population 12.51
Deaths from PUERPERAL CAUSES:-
Rate per 1,000
Deaths. total (live and
still) births.
From puerperal sepsis 0 0.000
From other puerperal causes 1 0.891
Deaths of INFANTS under 1 year of age:-
Total Male Female
Legitimate 40 25 15
Illegitimate 2 2 0
Total 42 27 15
INFANT DEATH RATES:-
All infants per 1,000 live births 38.32
Legitimate-per 1,000 legitimate live births 37.87
Illegitimate-per 1,000 illegitimate live births 50.00
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