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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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T able II
| Total | Male | Female | Comparative figures for 1946 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births—Legitimate | 1,055 | 548 | 507 | 1034 | |
| Illegitimate | 53 | 30 | 23 | 56 | |
| Stillbirths—Legitimate | 20 | 15 | 5 | 27 | |
| Illegitimate | 2 | — | 2 | ||
| Deaths | 488 | 262 | 226 | 488 | |
| Birth rate (live and stillbirths) per 1,000 of estimated population | 20.09 | 20.51 | |||
| Stillbirth rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 19.46 | 24.18 | |||
| Crude death rate per 1,000 of the estimated population | 8.67 | 8.96 | |||
| Deaths from Puerperal Causes (Headings 29 and 30 of the Registrar-General's Short List): | |||||
| No. 29. Puerperal sepsis | 1 | 0.88 | 0.00 | ||
| No. 30. Other puerperal causes | — | — | |||
| Total | 1 | 0.88 | |||
| Death rate of infants under 1 year of age :— | |||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 3883 | 33.94 | |||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 38.86 | 30.94 | |||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 37.73 | 88.30 | |||
| Deaths from cancer (all ages) | 83 | 94 | |||
| Deaths from measles (all ages) | — | — | |||
| Deaths from whooping cough (all ages) | — | 4 | |||
| Deaths from diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years of age) | 5 | 3 | |||