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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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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APPENDICES
Table
| Total | Male | female | Comparative Figures for 1950 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births- | Legitimate | 678 | 361 | 317 | 751 |
| Illegitimate | 28 | 14 | 14 | 36 | |
| Stillbirths— | Legitimate | 18 | 7 | 11 | 12 |
| Illegitimate | - | - | - | ||
| Deaths | 551 | 289 | 262 | 480 | |
| Birth rate (live and stillbirths) per 1,000 of the estimated population | 13. 02 | 14.19 | |||
| Stillbirth rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 24.86 | 15.02 | |||
| 9.91 | 8.52 | ||||
| Deaths from Puerperal Causes (Heading 30 of the Registrar-General's Short List"):- | |||||
| No. 30. Pregnancy, Childbirth, Abortion | 1.25 | ||||
| Death rate of infants under 1 year of age:- | |||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 11.25 | 25.41 | |||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 22.12 | 23.97 | |||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | - | 55.56 | |||
| Deaths from cancer (all ages) | 94 | 90 | |||
| Deaths from measles (all ages) | - | - | |||
| Deaths from whooping cough (all ages) | - | 1 | |||
| Deaths from diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years of age) | 1 | 1 | |||