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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Southgate 1945

[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, 1945 64,970
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1945)
according to Rate Books 20,736
Rateable Value (1945) £924,375
Sum represented by a penny rate (1945.) £ 3,777

Table: EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR.

EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR.

MaleFemaleTotal
LIVE ( Legitimate480451931
BIRTHS (Illegitimate261945
Totals506470976

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BIRTH RATE per 1,000 of the estimated population.. 15.02
STILLBIRTHS
Legitimate 14 9 23
Illegitimate 1 0 1
RATE per 1,000 total (live and still) births 24.00
DEATHS from all causes and
at all ages 379 402 781
DEATH RATE per 1,000 of the estimated population 12.02

Table: Deaths from PUERPERAL CAUSES:-

Deaths from PUERPERAL CAUSES:-

DeathsRate per 1,000 total (live and still) births.
From puerperal sepsis11.00
From other puerperal causes22.00

Table: Deaths of INFANTS under 1 year of age:-

Deaths of INFANTS under 1 year of age:-

MaleFemaleTotal
Legitimate201434
Illegitimate314
Totals231538

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INFANT DEATH RATES:-
All infants per 1,000 live births 38.93
Legitimate - per 1,000 legitimate live births 36.52
Illegitimate - per 1,000 illegitimate live births 88.88
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