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Southgate 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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Deaths from MEASLES (all ages) 0
" " WHOOPING COUGH (all ages) 0
" " DIARRHOEA (under 2 years of age) 1
POPULATION.
The registrar General estimated the civilian
population of the Borough at the middle of 1945 to
be 64,970, an increase of 780 as compared with 1944.
BIRTHS - BIRTH RATE.
The nett total of births accredited to the
district was 976, a decrease of 120 on the preceding
year. of these, 506 were males and 470 females (26
males and 19 females being illegitimate).
The birth-rate for the year was 15.02 per 1,000
of the population. The birth-rate for England and
Wales for 1945 was 16.1 and for the administrative
County of London, 15.7
The births and birth-rates for the past 5 years were as follows:
| No. of Births | Birth Rates. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southgate. | England & Wales. | London. | ||
| 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 |
| 1945 | 976 | 15.02 | 16.1 | 15.7 |
During 1945, the number of births recorded was
195 greater than the number of deaths, as compared
with 293 in 1944.
The total number of births actually registered in
the district during the year amounted to 953, of which
8 were unnotified. The percentage of births notified
was therefore 99.16 as compared with 99.06 in 1944.
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