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Southall 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS.
Table II.
| Total | Male | Female | Comparative figures for 1942 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births—Legitimate | 791 | 401 | 390 | 788 |
| Illegitimate | 39 | 16 | 23 | 38 |
| Stillbirths—Legitimate | 23 | 10 | 13 | 23 |
| Illegitimate | 2 | 1 | I | |
| Deaths | 492 | 249 | 243 | 444 |
| 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): | ||||
| Deaths. | Rate per 1,000 total (alive nd still) births. | |||
| No. 29. Puerperal sepsis | 1 | 1.19 | 1.76 | |
| No. 30. Other puerperal causes | — | — | ||
| Total | 1 | 1.19 | ||
| Death rate of infants under one year of age:— | ||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 53.01 | 56.90 | ||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 51.83 | 57.11 | ||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 76.91 | 52.62 | ||
| Deaths from cancer (all ages) | 97 | 72 | ||
| Deaths from measles (all ages) | 2 | — | ||
| Deaths from whooping cough (all ages) | — | — | ||
| Deaths from diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years of age) | 12 | 8 | ||