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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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APPENDICES
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS
Table I.
| Total | Male | Female | Comparative Figures for 1949 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births—Legitimate | 751 | 404 | 347 | 832 | |
| Illegitimate | 36 | 16 | 20 | 39 | |
| Stillbirths—Legitimate | 11 | 7 | 4 | 14 | |
| Illegitimate | 1 | 1 | — | ||
| Deaths | 480 | 258 | 222 | 531 | |
| Birth rate (live and stillbirths) per 1,000 of the estimated population | 14.19 | 15.72 | |||
| Stillbirth rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 15.02 | 15.82 | |||
| Crude death rate per 1,000 of the civilian population | 8.52 | 9.43 | |||
| 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 | — | — | - | ||
| No. 30. Other puerperal causes | 1 | 1.25 | |||
| Total | 1 | 1.25 | |||
| Death rate of infants under 1 year of age:— | |||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 25.41 | 40.18 | |||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 23.97 | 40.87 | |||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 55.56 | 25.64 | |||
| Deaths from cancer (all ages) | 90 | 100 | |||
| Deaths from measles (all ages) | — | — | |||
| Deaths from whooping cough (all ages) | 1 | 2 | |||
| Deaths from diarrhœa, etc. (under 2 years of age) | 1 | 4 | |||