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
Kingston upon Thames 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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(iii) Extracts from Vital statistics of the Tear.
| 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 504 | 258 | 246 | 483 | 257 | 226 | 482 | 271 | 211 | 512 | 276 | 236 | 588 | 291 | 297 |
| Illegitimate | 29 | 11 | 18 | 36 | 17 | 19 | 38 | 18 | 20 | 39 | 20 | 19 | 49 | 31 | 18 |
| TOTALS | 533 | 269 | 264 | 519 | 274 | 245 | 520 | 289 | 231 | 551 | 296 | 255 | 637 | 322 | 315 |
| Birth rate (R.G.)per 1,000 pop. | 13.33 | 13.86 | 14.46 | 15.26 | 17.77 | ||||||||||
| STILL BIRTHS. | |||||||||||||||
| Legitimate | 9 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 14 | 6 |
| Illegitimate | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 1 |
| TOTALS | 9 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 16 | 7 |
| Rate per 1,000 total (live & still )births | 16.6 | 29.9 | 35.25* | 23.05 | 34.84 | ||||||||||
| DEATHS | 450 | 224 | 226 | 659 | 334 | 325 | 525 | 253 | 272 | 491 | 260 | 231 | 500 | 226 | 274 |
| Death rate (R.G. )per 1,000 pop. | 11.4 | 17.6 | 14.59 | 13.6 | 13.92 | ||||||||||