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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Still-Births-
| Total | Male | Female | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 16 | 7 | 9 | ||
| Illegitimate | _ | _ | _ | ||
| 16 | 7 | 9 | |||
| Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 21.62 | ||||
| Deaths | Total | Male | Female | ||
| 455 | 227 | 228 | |||
| (a) Death rate (Registrar General per 1,000 population | 11.70 | ||||
| Deaths | Rate per 1,000 total (live & still) births | ||||
| Puerperal Sepsis | 1 | 1.35 | |||
| Other Maternal Causes | _ | 0.00 | |||
| (b) Death Rate of Infants under one year of age. | |||||
| All infants per 1,000 live birth Legitimate infants per 1,000 | 17 | 23.55 | |||
| legitimate live births | 16 | 23.63 | |||
| Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 1 | 22.22 | |||
| (c) Other Deaths-No. | of Deaths | ||||
| Deaths from Cancer (all ages) | 83 | ||||
| Deaths from Measles (all ages) | _ | ||||
| Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) | — | ||||
| Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | _ | ||||
| Birth-rates, Civilian Death rates, and Case-rates for certain infectious diseases, in the Year, 1948. Provisional figures based on Weekly and Quarterly Returns. | |||||
| England and Wales | 126 C.Bs. and Great Towns including London | 148 Smaller towns Resident Pop.25,000 -50,000 at 1931 Census | London Adm. County | Kingston upon Thames | |
| births | Rates per 1,003 Civilian population:- | ||||
| Live Births | 17.9(a) | 20.0 | 19.2 | 20.1 | 17.73 |
| Still Births | 0.42(a) | 0.52 | 0.43 | 0.39 | 0.39 |
| Deaths | |||||
| All Causes | 10.8(a) | 11.6 | 10.7 | 11.6 | 11.17 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 Contd. |