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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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EXTRACT FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR YEARS 1955 - 1959 INCLUSIVE. TABLE Ia
| 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | M. | F. | Total | M. | F. | Total | M. | F. | Total | M. | F. | Total | M. | F. | |
| LIVE BIRTHS Legitimate | 491 | 253 | 238 | 508 | 260 | 248 | 509 | 245 | 264 | 506 | 244 | 262 | 536 | 273 | 263 |
| Illegitimate | 52 | 23 | 29 | 42 | 21 | 21 | 39 | 17 | 22 | 30 | 17 | 13 | 28 | 17 | 11 |
| 543 | 276 | 267 | 550 | 281 | 269 | 548 | 262 | 286 | 536 | 261 | 275 | 564 | 290 | 274 | |
| Birth rate (R.G.) per 1,000 pop. | 13.9 | 14.2 | 14.2 | 13.8 | 14.5 | ||||||||||
| STILLBIRTHS Legitimate | 8 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Illegitimate | - | - | — | 2 | 2 | - | — | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | |
| Rate per 1000 (live and stillbirths) | 14.5 | 21.4 | 14.4 | 27.2 | 6.1 | ||||||||||
| DEATHS | 424 | 212 | 212 | 442 | 214 | 228 | 432 | 202 | 230 | 434 | 228 | 206 | 416 | 200 | 216 |
| Death rate (R.G.) per 1OOO pop. | 20.9 | Uo4 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 10.8 | ||||||||||