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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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EXTRACT FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR YEARS 1958-1962 INCLUSIVE. TABLE I.
| 1958 | 1959 | i960 | 1961 | 1962 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | M. | F. | Total | M. | F. | Total | M. | F. | Total | M. | F. | Total | M. | F. | |
| LIVE BIRTHS | |||||||||||||||
| Legitimate | 506 | 244 | 262 | 536 | 273 | 263 | 545 | 269 | 276 | 596 | 286 | 310 | 564 | 272 | 292 |
| Illegitimate | 30 | 17 | 13 | 28 | 17 | 11 | 53 | 21 | 12 | 43 | 26 | 17 | 50 | 25 | 25 |
| 536 | 261 | 275 | 564 | 290 | 274 | 578 | 290 | 288 | 639 | 312 | 327 | 614 | 297 | 317 | |
| Birth rate(R.G.) per 1,000 pop | 13.8 | 14.5 | 15.1 | 17.1 | 17.0 | ||||||||||
| STILLBIRTHS | |||||||||||||||
| Legitimate | 14 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| Illegitimate | 1 | 1 | – | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | – | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| 15 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 6 | |
| Rate per l,000 (live and stillbirths) | 27.2 | 6.1 | 13.5 | 15.6 | 13.0 | ||||||||||
| DEATHS | 434 | 228 | 206 | 416 | 200 | 216 | 432 | 223 | 209 | 462 | 243 | 219 | 463 | 237 | 226 |
| Death rate(R.G.) per l.000 pop. | 11.2 | 10.8 | 11.2 | 12.8 | 12.8 | ||||||||||