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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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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TABLE IV.
Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1949 and Eight Previous Years.
| Year. | 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 Population. | ||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 1941 | 64.890 | 657 | 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 | 3'6 | 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 | 3'6 | 29.68 |
| 1947 | 74.320 | 1,246 | 16.76 | 836 | 11.25 | 41 | 32.90 |
| 1948 | 74.030 | 1,014 | 13.69 | 770 | 10.40 | 23 | 22.68 |
| 1949 | 74.350 | 944 | 12.69 | 820 | 11.04 | 24 | 25.42 |
| crude 9.49 corrected | |||||||
Comparison of the Rates of Southgate with those of England and Wales, and London, for Year 1949.
| Rate per 1,000 Total Population. | Annual Death Rate per 1.0C0 Population | Rate per 1,000 Live Births. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births. | Still Births. | All Causes. | Typhoid Fever. | Smallpox. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under two years). | Total Deaths undeT one year. | |
| England and Wales | 16.7 | 0.39 | 11.7 | - | - | 0.01 | - | 0.15 | 3.0 | 32 |
| 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns. Including London | 18.7 | 0.47 | 12.5 | - | - | 0.02. | - | 0.15 | 3.8 | 37 |
| 148 Smaller Towns <1931 Census Populations 25,000-50,000) | 18.0 | 0.40 | 11.6 | - | - | 0.01 | - | 0.14 | 2.4 | 30 |
| 18.5 | 0.37 | 12.2 | - | - | 0.01 | - | 0.11 | 1.7 | 29 | |
| Southgate | 12.69 | 0.28 | 11.04 | - | - | 0.01 | - | 0.12 | - | 24 |
| crude 8.49 corrected | - | - | ||||||||
| A dash (—) indicates that there were no deaths. | ||||||||||