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Southall-Norwood 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall-Norwood]

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EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS

TotalMaleFemaleComparative figures for 1934
Live Births—Legitimate786406380732
Illegitimate2391427
Stillbirths26161021
Deaths398212186350
Birth rate per 1,000 of estimated population16.7616.25
Stillbirth rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births31.1726.90
*Crude death rate per 1,000 of the estimated populationl 8.257.49
‡Comparability factor1.14
*Comparable death rate9.408.53
Deaths from Puerperal Causes (Headings 29 and 30 of the
Registrar-General's Short List) :
DeathsRate per 1,000 total (live and still) births
No. 29. Puerperal sepsis11.19nil
No. 30. Other puerperal causes33.601.28
Total44.791.28
Death rate of infants under one year of age :—
All infants per 1,000 live births46.9846.11
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births45.8043.7
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births86.9111.1
Deaths from measles (all ages)03
Deaths from whooping cough (all ages)02
Deaths from diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years of age)43

* The estimated population includes the patients in the Hanwell Mental
Hospital whose deaths however are not included in the rate. A more exact
rate therefore could be obtained by taking the population exclusive of patients
in the Hanwell Mental Hospital. The death rate on this basis would be 8.75
and the comparable death rate would be 9.97.
‡ See Note 2 on page 12 of my report for 1934.
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