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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Extracts from Vital Statistics for Years 1945 — 1949 inclusive. TABLE I
1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | |||||||||||
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Total | M. | F. | Total | M. | F. | Total | M. | F. | Total | M. | P. | Total | M. | P. | |
LIVE BIRTHS. Legitimate | 529 | 272 | 257 | 738 | 367 | 371 | 838 | 432 | 406 | 677 | 345 | 332 | 679 | 344 | 335 |
Illegitimate | 64 | 34 | 30 | 56 | 34 | 22 | 32 | 20 | 12 | 45 | 21 | 24 | 50 | 23 | 27 |
593 | 306 | 287 | 794 | 401 | 393 | 870 | 452 | 418 | 722 | 366 | 356 | 729 | 367 | 362 | |
Birth rate (R.G.) per 1,000 pop, | 16.58 | 20.02 | 21.33 | 17.73 | 17.96 | ||||||||||
STILL BIRTHS. Legitimate | 21 | 12 | 9 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
Illegitimate | 1 | - | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
22 | 12 | 10 | 29 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 5 | |
Rate per 1,000 (live and still) births | 35.77 | 35.24 | 16.95 | 21.62 | 13.53 | ||||||||||
DEATHS | 505 | 262 | 243 | 460 | 236 | 224 | 495 | 228 | 267 | 455 | 227 | 228 | 500 | 250 | 250 |
Death rate (R.G.) per 1,000 pop. | 14.12 | 11.60 | 12.13 | 11.17 | 12.32 |