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 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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(iii) Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year.
| 1940. | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | M. | F. | Total | M. | F. | Total | M. | F. | Total | M. | F. | Total | M. | F. | |
| LIVE BIRTHS. | |||||||||||||||
| Legitimate | 483 | 257 | 225 | 482 | 271 | 211 | 512 | 276 | 236 | 588 | 291 | 297 | 525 | 265 | 260 |
| Illegitimate | 36 | 17 | 19 | 38 | 18 | 20 | 39 | 20 | 19 | 49 | 31 | 18 | 53 | 27 | 26 |
| TOTALS | 519 | 274 | 245 | 520 | 289 | 231 | 551 | 296 | 255 | 637 | 322 | 315 | 578 | 292 | 286 |
| Birth rate (R.G.) per 1,000 pop. | 13.86 | 14.46 | 15.26 | 17.77 | 16.62 | ||||||||||
| STILL BIRTHS | |||||||||||||||
| Legitimate | 14 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 17 | 8 | 9 |
| Illegitimate | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| TOTALS | 16 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 7 | 18 | 8 | 10 | |
| Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 29.9 | 35.25 | 23.05 | 34.84 | 30.20 | ||||||||||
| DEATHS. | 659 | 334 | 325 | 525 | 253 | 272 | 491 | 260 | 231 | 500 | 226 | 274 | 474 | 239 | 235 |
| Death-rate(R.G.) per 1,000 Pop. i" | 17.6 | 14.59 | 13.6 | 13. 92 | 13.63_ | ||||||||||