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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 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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Table II.
| Total | Male | Female | Comparative figures for 1944 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births—Legitimate | 750 | 392 | 358 | 859 | |
| Illegitimate | 60 | 29 | 31 | 55 | |
| Stillbirths—Legitimate | 16 | 10 | 6 | 21 | |
| Illegitimate | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Deaths | 462 | 231 | 231 | 443 | |
| Birthrate (live and stillbirths) per 1,000 of estimated population | 16.68 | 19.09 | |||
| Stillbirth rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 26.42 | 23.53 | |||
| Crude death rate per 1,000 of the estimated population | 9.26 | 9.04 | |||
| Deaths from Puerperal Causes (Headings 29 and 30 of the Registrar. General's Short List): | |||||
| No. 29. Puerperal sepsis | . | . | 0.00 | ||
| No. 30. Other puerperal causes | — | — | |||
| Total | . | — | |||
| Death rate of infants under 1 year of age :— | |||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 30.8 | 459 | |||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 29.3 | 41.9 | |||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 50.0 | 109.1 | |||
| Deaths from cancer (all ages) | 83 | 69 | |||
| Deaths from measles (all ages) | 1 | — | |||
| Deaths from whooping cough (all ages) | — | 1 | |||
| Deaths from diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years of age) | 4 | 4 « | |||