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Southgate 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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Deaths from MEASLES (all ages) 1
" 11 WHOOPING COUGH (all ages) 2
" " DIARRHOEA (under 2 years of age) 3
POPULATION.
The Registrar General estimated the civilian
population of the Borough at the middle of 1944 to
be 64,190, a decrease of 1,530 as compared with 1943.
BIRTHS - BIRTH RATE.
The nett total of births accredited to the
district was 1,096, an increase of 8 on the preceding
year. Of these, 573 were males and 523 females (16
males and 24 females being illegitimate).
The birth-rate for the year was 17.07 per 1,000
of the population. The birth-rate for England and
Wales for 1944 was 17.6 and for the administrative
County of London, 15.0
The births and birth-rates for the past 5 years were as follows:
| No. of Births | Birth Rates. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southgate. | England & Wales. | London. | ||
| 1940 | 707 | 10.62 | 14.6 | 13.7 |
| 1941 | 647 | 9.97 | 14.2 | 8.9 |
| 1942 | 925 | 14.06 | 15.8 | 14.0 |
| 1943 | 1088 | 16.55 | 16.5 | 15.8 |
| 1944 | 1096 | 17.07 | 17.6 | 15.0 |
During 1944, the number of births recorded was
293 greater than the number of deaths, as compared
with 286 in 1943.
The total number of births actually registered in
the district during the year amounted to 1064, of which
10 were unnotified. The percentage of births notified
was therefore 99.06 as compared with 99.46 in 1943.
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