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The Birth rate is 15.74 per 1,000 population (17.10 in 1932).
The Death rate is 8.64 per 1,000 population (8.1 in 1932).
The infant Mortality Rate is 43.9 per 1,000 (48.3 in 1932).
The total number of infant deaths under 1 year was
31. It is noted that half of these were due to congenital
defects and malformations either in the mother or the child.
It is safe to affirm that some of these mothers should not have
had any children at all.
While the Maternal Mortality rate for England and
Wales in 1933 was approximately 4 per 1,000 births, that of
Southall averaged over 10 per 1,000 (See Table IX, page 14)
It must be pointed out that this figure is misleading without
the added explanation that actually there were no maternal
deaths in Southall itself. These deaths all occurred in institutions
outside the area and with two exceptions in women
who had previously arranged to be confined away.
In the portion of the Report dealing with the Sanitary
Circumstances, it will be seen that special attention is being
paid to the matters of dust, dust contamination of food and
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