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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

Kingston upon Thames 1923

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]

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Table: General Statistics.

General Statistics.

Area1,133 acres.
Population, 1923 (Registrar-General)40,320
Number of inhabited houses, 19238,802
Rateable Value—
To Poor Rate£261,137
Assessable Value to District Rate£256,526
Sum represented by a Penny Rate—
Poor Rate£1,064
District Rate£1,051

Table: Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year,

Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year,

Births—
Total.Male.Female.
Legitimate675342333Birth Rate (R.G.) 17.5 per 1,000 population.
Illegitimate311417
706356350
Deaths —416219197Death Rate (R.G.) 10.3 per 1,000 population.
Number of women dying in, or in consequence
of child-birth—
From Sepsis0
From other causes1

Table: Deaths of Infants under one year—

Deaths of Infants under one year—

Total.Male.Female.
Legitimate462521
Illegitimate633
522824
Deaths of Legitimate Infants under one year per 1,000 Legitimate births68
Deaths of Illegitimate Infants under one year per 1,000 Illegitimate births193
Total Deaths of Infants under one year of age per 1,000 births73
Deaths from Measles (all ages)2
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages)2
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under two years of age)6