Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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(iii) Extracts from Vital Statistics for Years l942 to 1946 inclusive.
1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | |||||||||||
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Total | M. | F. | Total | M. | F. | Total | M. | F. | Total | M. | F. | Totail | M. | F. | |
LIVE BIRTHS. | |||||||||||||||
Legitimate | 512 | 276 | 236 | 583 | 291 | 297 | 525 | 265 | 260 | 529 | 272 | 257 | 738 | 367 | 371 |
Illegitimate | 39 | 20 | 19 | 49 | 31 | 18 | 53 | 27 | 26 | 64 | 34 | 30 | 56 | 34 | 22 |
Total | 551 | 296 | 255 | 637 | 322 | 315 | 578 | 292 | 286 | 593 | 306 | 287 | 794 | 401 | 393 |
Birth rate (R.G.) per 1,000 population | 15.26 | 17.77 | 16.62 | 16.58 | 20.02 | ||||||||||
STILL BIRTHS | |||||||||||||||
Legitimate | 12 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 24 | 13 | 11 |
Illegimate | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
Total | 13 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 29 | 15 | 14 |
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still)births | 23.05 | 34.84 | 30.20 | 35.77 | 35.24 | ||||||||||
DEATHS | 491 | 260 | 231 | 500 | 226 | 274 | 474 | 239 | 235 | 505 | 262 | 243 | 460 | 236 | 224 |
Death rate (R.G.) per 1,000 population | 13.6 | 13.92 | 13.63 | 14.12 | 11.60 |