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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 1946
[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 1945 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births—Legitimate | 1034 | 538 | 496 | 750 |
| Illegitimate | 56 | 32 | 24 | 60 |
| Stillbirths—Legitimate | 25 | 12 | 13 | 22 |
| Illegitimate | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Deaths | 488 | 240 | 248 | 462 |
| Birth rate (live and stillbirths) per 1,000 of estimated population | 20.51 | 16.88 | ||
| Stillbirth rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 24.18 | 26.42 | ||
| Crude death rate per 1,000 of the estimated population | 8.96 | 9.26 | ||
| Deaths from Puerperal Causes (Headings 29 and 30 of the Registrar-General's Short List): | ||||
| Deaths. | Rate per 1,000 total live and still) births. | |||
| 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 | 33.94 | 30.8 | ||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 30.94 | 29.3 | ||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 88.30 | 50.0 | ||
| Deaths from cancer (all ages) | 94 | 83 | ||
| Deaths from measles (all ages) | — | I | ||
| Deaths from whooping cough (all ages) | 4 | — | ||
| Deaths from diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years of age) | 3 | 4 | ||