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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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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EXTRACT FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR YEARS 1959-1963 INCLUSIVE. TABLE I
| LIVE BIRTHS | 1959 | I960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | M. | F. | Total | M. | F . | Total | M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total | M. | F. | |
| Legitimate | 536 | 273 | 263 | 545 | 269 | 276 | 596 | 286 | 310 | 564 | 272 | 292 | 614 | 310 | 304 |
| Illegitimate | 28 | 17 | 11 | 33 | 21 | 12 | 43 | 26 | 17 | 50 | 25 | 25 | 50 | 26 | 24 |
| 564 | 290 | 274 | 578 | 290 | 288 | 639 | 312 | 327 | 614 | 297 | 317 | 664 | 336 | 328 | |
| Birth rate(R„G„) per 1,000 pop. | 14.5 | 15.1 | 17.1 | 17.0 | 18.4 | ||||||||||
| STILLBIRTHS | |||||||||||||||
| Legitimate | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Illegitimate | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Rate per 1,000 (live and stillbirths) | 6.1 | 13.5 | 15.6 | 13.0 | 4.5 | ||||||||||
| DEATHS | 416 | 200 | 216 | 432 | 223 | 209 | 462 | 243 | 219 | 463 | 237 | 226 | 479 | 222 | 257 |
| Death rate(R.G.) per 1,000 pop. | 10.8 | 11.2 | 12.8 | 12.8 | 13.3 | ||||||||||