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Wembley 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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STATISTICAL APPENDIX.
((A) CERTAIN VITAL STATISTICS, 1945, from figures supplied by Registrar-General.
(Some comparative 1944 figures within brackets.)
| Live Births. | Male. | Female. | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 953 | 882 | 1,835 | Live birth rate per 1,000 esti- mated population 16.39 (18.58) | |
| (2,056) | |||||
| Illegitimate | 49 | 48 | |||
| 97 | |||||
| (85) | |||||
| Stillbirths. | |||||
| Legitimate | 21 | 12 | 33 | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 18.28 (24.16) Stillbirth rate per 1,000 estimated population . 0.31 | |
| (48) | |||||
| Illegitimate | 4 | — | 4 | ||
| (5) | |||||
| (0.46) | |||||
| Deaths | 533 | 491 | 1,024 | Death rate per 1,000 estimated population^— Crude rate 8.68 | |
| Infantile Mortality. | |||||
| Deaths of infants under one year of age:— | |||||
| Male | Female | Total. | |||
| Legitimate | 32 | 27 | 59 | (66) | |
| (73) | |||||
| Illegitimate | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||
| (3) | |||||
| Death rate of infants under one year of age:— | |||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 36.75 | (35.50) | |||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 32.15 | (35.51) | |||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 live illegitimate births | |||||
| 72.16 | (35.30) | ||||