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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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EXTRACT PROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR YEARS 1953 - 1957 INCLUSIVE. TABLE I.
| 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | M. | F. | Total | M. | F. | Total | M. | F. | Total | M. | F. | Total | M. | F. | |
| LIVE BIRTHS | |||||||||||||||
| Legitimate | 564 | 290 | 274 | 498 | 246 | 252 | 491 | 253 | 238 | 508 | 260 | 248 | 509 | 245 | 264 |
| Illegitimate | 45 | 24 | 21 | 36 | 22 | 14 | 52 | __23 | 29 | 42 | 21 | 21 | 39 | 17 | 22 |
| 609 | 314 | 295 | 534 | 268 | 266 | 543 | 276 | 267 | 550 | 281 | 269 | 548 | 262 | 286 | |
| Birth, rate (R.G.) per 1,000 pop. | 15.25 | 13.64 | 13.89 | 14.18 | 14.20 | ||||||||||
| STILLBIRTHS | |||||||||||||||
| Legitimate | 18 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| Illegitimate | 1 | 1 | = | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | — | - | - | - |
| 19 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 5 | |
| Rate per 1,000 (live and stillbirths) | 30.25 | 29.14 | 14.52 | 21.35 | 14.38 | ||||||||||
| DEATHS | 465 | 240 | 225 | 450 | 206 | 244 | 424 | 212 | 212 | 442 | 214 | 228 | 432 | 202 | 230 |
| Death rate (R.G.) per 1,000 pop. | 11.64 | 11.49 | I0.85 | ll.39 | 11.19 | ||||||||||