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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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Table IV.
Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1946 and Seven Previous Years.
| Y ear. | Population estimated at Middle of each Year. | Nett Births belonging to District. | Nett Deaths belonging to the District. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | Under 1 Year of Age. | ||||||
| Number. | Rate per 1,000 Population. | Number. | Rate per 1,000 Population. | Number. | | Rate per 1,000 Nett Births. | ||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 1939 | 67,770 | 780 | 11.24 | 693 | 10.16 | 21 | 26.92 |
| 1940 | 66,570 | 707 | 10.62 | 769 | 10.97 | 23 | 32.81 |
| 1941 | 64,890 | 647 | 9.97 | 771 | 11.28 | 25 | 40.91 |
| 1942 | 65,790 | 925 | 14.06 | 702 | 10.67 | 34 | 36.75 |
| 1943 | 65,720 | 1,088 | 16.55 | 802 | 12.20 | 36 | 33.08 |
| 1944 | 64,190 | 1,096 | 17.07 | 803 | 12.51 | 42 | 38.32 |
| 1945 | 64,970 | 976 | 15.02 | 781 | 12.02 | 38 | 38.93 |
| 1946 | 72,710 | 1,213 | 16.68 | 883 | 12.14 | 36 | 29.68 |
Comparison of the Rates of Southgate with those of England and Wales, and London, for the Year 1946.
| Rate per 1,000 Total Population. | Annual Death Rate per 1,000 Population. | Rate per 1,000 Live Births. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births. | Still Births. | All Causes. | Typhoid Fever. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under two years). | Total Deaths under one year. | |
| England and Wales | 19.1 | 0.53 | 11.5 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.15 | 4.4 | 43 |
| 126 Count y Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 22.2 | 0.67 | 12.7 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.13 | 6.1 | 46 |
| 148 Smaller Towns (1931 Census Populations 25,000—50,000). | 21.3 | 0.59 | 11.7 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.14 | 2.8 | 37 |
| London -., | 21.5 | 0.54 | 12.7 | 0.00 | — | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.12 | 4.2 | 41 |
| Southgate | 16.68 | 0.42 | 12.14 | — | — | — | — | — . | — | 0.16 | 0.04 | 29 68 |
A dash (—) indicates that there were no deaths.
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