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MORTALITY
General Mortality and Death-rate.—The nett number of deaths
accredited to this district was 820, 50 more than in 1948.
This gives a crude death-rate of 11.04 per 1,000 of the population'
and a corrected death-rate of 9.49 (rate for 1948—10.40).
This is the first time for a number of years that the Registrar
General has supplied a comparability factor for application to the
death rate for the area.
Death-Rates
No. of England
Deaths Southgate & Wales London
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
1949 820 9.49 11.7 12.2
Infant Mortality.—There were 24 deaths of infants under 1
year of age, which gives an infantile death-rate of 25.42 per 1,000
births, as compared with 23 deaths and a rate of 22.68 in the preceding
year.
The corresponding rates for England and Wales and London
were 32 and 29 respectively.

As noted elsewhere, the infantile mortality rate for 1949
(25.42), although somewhat higher than last year, is still one of the
lowest recorded in Southgate.
Stillbirths.—21 stillbirths (1 illegitimate) were accredited to the
district for 1949. This is equal to a death-rate of 21.76 per 1,000
(live and still) births, the corresponding figures for 1948 being 15
stillbirths, with a rate of 14.58. The rate per 1,000 of the population
was 0.282, the rates for England and Wales and London being
0.39 and 0.47 respectively for 1949. The average rate for the past
ten years was 25.82.
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