London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Southall 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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| Total | Male | Female | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | —Legitimate | 788 | 409 | 379 | 683 |
| Illegitimate | 21 | 30 | |||
| Stillbirths— | Legitimate | 21 | 12 | 9 | 24 |
| Illegitimate | 2 | ||||
| Deaths | 223 | 221 | 509 | ||
| Birthrate (live and stillbirths) per 1,000 of estimated population | — | — | |||
| Stillbirth rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | — | — | |||
| Crude death rate per 1,000 of the estimated population | — | — | |||
| Deaths from Puerperal Causes (Headings 29 and 30 of the Registrar-General's Short List): | |||||
| No. 29. Puerperal sepsis | 1.17 | ||||
| No. 30. Other puerperal causes | 2 | 2.35 | 1.3 | ||
| Total | 3 | ||||
| Death rate of infants under one year of age:— | |||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 5690 | 6931 | |||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 57.11 | 6352 | |||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 5262 | 2000 | |||
| Deaths from cancer (all ages) | 71 | ||||
| Deaths from measles (all ages) | — | 2 | |||
| Deaths from whooping cough (all ages) | — | — | |||
| Deaths from diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years of age) | 8 | 20 | |||