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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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Extract from Vital Statistics for Years 1951 ° 1955 inclusive- TABLE I»
| 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totar | M. | F. | Total | M. | F. | Total | M. | F. | Total | M. | F. | Total | M. | F. | |
| LIVE BIRTHS | |||||||||||||||
| Legitimate | 535 | 281 | 254 | 531 | 233 | 248 | 564 | 290 | 274 | 498 | 246 | 252 | 491 | 253 | 238 |
| Illegitimate | 39 | 21 | 18 | 45 | 22 | 23 | 45 | 24 | 21 | 36 | 22 | 14 | 52 | 23 | 29 |
| 574 | 302 | 272 | 576 | 305 | 271 | 609 | 314 | 295 | 534 | 268 | 266 | 543 | 276 | 267 | |
| Birth rate (R.G.) per l,000 pop. | 14.39 | 14.40 | 15.25 | 13.64 | 13.89 | ||||||||||
| STILLBIRTHS | |||||||||||||||
| Legitimate | 11 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| Illegitimate | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| 13 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 5 | |
| Rate per 1,000 (live and stillbirths) | 22.16 | 28.63 | 30.25 | 29.14 | 14.52 | ||||||||||
| DEATHS | 556 | 277 | 279 | 499 | 254 | 245 | 465 | 240 | 225 | 450 | 206 | 244 | 424 | 212 | 212 |
| Death rate (R.G.) per l,000 pop. | 13.93 | 12.48 | 11.64 | 11.49 | 10.85 | ||||||||||