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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS
Table I
| Total | Male | Female | Comparative figures for 1947 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births- | —Legitimate | 943 | 501 | 442 | 1055 |
| Illegitimate | 53 | 27 | 26 | 53 | |
| Stillbirths— | Legitimate | 23 | 12 | 11 | 20 |
| Illegitimate | — | — | |||
| Deaths | 465 | 250 | 215 | 488 | |
| Birth rate (live and stillbirths) per 1,000 of estimated population | 18.14 | 20.09 | |||
| Stillbirth rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 23.10 | 19.46 | |||
| Crude death rate per 1,000 of the estimated population | 8.28 | 8.67 | |||
| Deaths from Puerperal Causes (Headings 29 and 30 of the Registrar-General's Short List):— | |||||
| The | |||||
| No. 29 | Puerperal sepsis | _ | _ | 0.88 | |
| No. 30 | Other puerperal causes | 2 | 2.01 | ||
| Total | ... ... ... ... ... ... | 2 | 2.01 | ||
| Death rate of infants under 1 year of age:— | |||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 29.12 | 38.83 | |||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 27.57 | 38.86 | |||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 2.01 | 37.73 | |||
| Deaths from cancer (all ages) | 84 | 83 | |||
| Deaths from measles (all ages) | 1 | - | |||
| Deaths from whooping cough (all ages) | — | - | |||
| Deaths from diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years of age) | 4 | 5 | |||