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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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The total number of births actually registered in the district
during the year amounted to 832, of which 7 were unnotified. The
percentage of births notified was therefore 99.15 as compared
with 98.6 in 1947.
MORTALITY
Ceneral Mortality and Death-rate. The nett number of
deaths accredited to this district was 770, 66 less than in 1947.
This gives a death-rate of 10.40 per 1,000 of the population,
a decrease of 0.85 on the rate for the previous year, which was
11.25.
The rate for England and Wales (1948) was 10.8 and for
London 11.6.
The deaths and death-rates for the past five years were as follows :
| No. of Deaths. | Death Rates. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southgate. | England. & Wales. | London. | ||
| 1944 | 803 | 12.51 | 11.6 | 15.7 |
| 1945 | 781 | 12.02 | 11.4 | 13.8 |
| 1946 | 883 | 12.14 | 11.5 | 12.7 |
| 1947 | 836 | 11.25 | 12.0 | 12.8 |
| 1948 | 770 | 10.40 | 10.8 | 11.6 |
Infant Mortality.— There were 23 (1 illegitimate) deaths of
infants under 1 year of age, which gives an infantile death-rate of
22.66 per 1,000 births, as compared with 41 deaths and a rate of
32.90 in the preceding year.
The corresponding rates for England and Wales and London
were 34 and 31 respectively.
The infant deaths and rates for the past five years were as follows :
| No. of Deaths. | Infantile Death Rates | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southgate. | England & Wales. | London. | ||
| 1944 | 42 | 38.32 | 46 | 61 |
| 1945 | 38 | 38.93 | 46 | 53 |
| 1946 | 36 | 29.68 | 43 | 41 |
| 1947 | 41 | 32.90 | 41 | 37 |
| 1948 | 23 | 22.68 | 34 | 31 |
The Infantile Mortality Rate for 1948 (22.68) is by far the
lowest yet recorded in Southgate. The graph set out on page 13
illustrates the Infantile Mortality Rate over the past 25 years, as
compared with England and Wales. From this graph it will be
seen that the Infantile Mortality Rate in Southgate has been
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