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Southall 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS
| Total | Male | Female | Comparative figures for 1939 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births—Legitimate | 686 | 368 | 318 | 771 |
| Illegitimate | 31 | 16 | 15 | 34 |
| Stillbirths—Legitimate | 15 | 9 | 6 | 19 |
| Illegitimate | — | — | — | |
| Deaths • | 535 | 282 | 253 | 455 |
| Birthrate (live and stillbirths) per 1,000 of estimated population | 14.17 | 15.64 | ||
| Stillbirth rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 18.92 | 23.06 | ||
| *Crude death rate per 1,000 of the estimated population | IO.35 | 8.68 | ||
| ‡Comparability factor | 1.17 | 1.14 | ||
| *Comparable death rate | 12.10 | 9.89 | ||
| Deaths from Puerperal Causes (Headings 29 and 30 of the Registrar-General's Short List): | ||||
| No. 29. Puerperal sepsis | - | - | 1.21 | |
| No. 30. Other puerperal causes | 4 | 5.4 | 2.43 | |
| Total | 4 | 3 65 | ||
| Death rate of infants under one year of age:— | ||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 72.52 | 58.60 | ||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 65.60 | 54.68 | ||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 225.8 | I47.I5 | ||
| Deaths from cancer (all ages) | 64 | 74 | ||
| Deaths from measles (all ages) | - | - | ||
| Deaths from whooping cough (all ages) | - | - | ||
| Deaths from diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years of age) | 14 | 4 | ||
* 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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