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Southall 1940

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]

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EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS

TotalMaleFemaleComparative figures for 1939
Live Births—Legitimate686368318771
Illegitimate31161534
Stillbirths—Legitimate159619
Illegitimate
Deaths •535282253455
Birthrate (live and stillbirths) per 1,000 of estimated population14.1715.64
Stillbirth rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births18.9223.06
*Crude death rate per 1,000 of the estimated populationIO.358.68
‡Comparability factor1.171.14
*Comparable death rate12.109.89
Deaths from Puerperal Causes (Headings 29 and 30 of the Registrar-General's Short List):
Deaths. Rate per 1,000 total (1live and still) births.
No. 29. Puerperal sepsis--1.21
No. 30. Other puerperal causes45.42.43
Total43 65
Death rate of infants under one year of age:—
All infants per 1,000 live births72.5258.60
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births65.6054.68
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births225.8I47.I5
Deaths from cancer (all ages)6474
Deaths from measles (all ages)--
Deaths from whooping cough (all ages)--
Deaths from diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years of age)144

* The estimated population includes the patients in the St. Bernard's 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 St. Bernard's Hospital. The death rate on this basis
would be 10-94 and the comparable death rate would be 12.79.
‡ See Note 2 on page 12 of the report for 1934.
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