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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 1924

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

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Table: General Statistics.

General Statistics.

Area1,133 acres.
Population, 1924 (Registrar-General)40,430
Number of inhabited houses, 19248,889
Rateable Value—
To Poor Rate,£268,050
Assessable Value to District Rate£263,402
Sum represented by a Penny Rate—
Poor Rate£1,077
District Rate£1,064

Table: Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year.

Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year.

Births—
Total.Male.Female.
Legitimate622333289Birth Rate (R.G.) 15.9 per 1,000 population.
Illegitimate20128
642345297
Deaths—502249253Death Rate (R.G.) 12.5 per 1,000 population.

Table: Number of women dying in, or in consequence of child-birth—

Number of women dying in, or in consequence of child-birth—

From Sepsis1
From other causes1
Deaths of Infants under one year—
Total.Male.Female.
Legitimate432320
Illegitimate633
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Deaths of Legitimate Infants under one year per 1,000
Legitimate births 69
Deaths of Illegitimate Infants under one year per
1,000 Illegitimate births 300
Total Deaths of Infants under one year of age per
1,000 births 76
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 8
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) 7
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under two years of age) 4