London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR
Male Female Total
Live Legitimate 461 436 897
Births Illegitimate 21 26 47
482 462 944
Birth Rate per
1,000 of the esti'
mated population 14.7
Still Legitimate 6 5 11
Births Illegitimate
6 5 11
Rate per 1,000
live and still
births 11.46
Deaths from all causes
and at all ages 929
Death Rate per
1,000 of the estimated
population 11.0
Deaths from Puerperal causes nil
From Puerperal Sepsis nil
From Other Causes nil
Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age :
Male Female Total
Legitimate 9 4 13
Illegitimat 1 — 1
10 4 14
Infant Death Rate :
All infants per 1,000 births 14.80
Legitimate—per 1,000 legitimate live births 14.50
Illegitimate-—per 1,000 illegitimate live births 21.27
Deaths from measles—all ages nil
Deaths from pertussis—all ages nil
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