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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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APPENDICES
Table I.
| Total | Male | Female | Comparative Figures for 1951 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births—Legitimate | 680 | 343 | 337 | 678 |
| Illegitimate | 26 | 12 | 14 | 28 |
| Stillbirths—Legitimate | 5 | 11 | 18 | |
| Illegitimate | — | — | — | |
| Deaths | 517 | 257 | 260 | 551 |
| Birth rate (live and stillbirths) per 1,000 of the estimated population | 12.94 | 13.02 | ||
| Stillbirth rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 15.34 | 24.86 | ||
| Crude death rate per 1,000 of the civilian population | 9.33 | 9.91 | ||
| Deaths from Puerperal Causes (Heading 30 of the Registrar-General's Short List):— | ||||
| No. 30. Pregnancy, Childbirth, Abortion — | — | — | ||
| Death rate of infants under 1 year of age:— | ||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 1983 | 21.25 | ||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 17.65 | 22.12 | ||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 76.92 | - | ||
| Deaths from cancer (all ages) | 95 | 94 | ||
| Deaths from measles (all ages) | — | — | ||
| Deaths from whooping cough (all ages) | — | — | ||
| Deaths from diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years of age) | - | 1 | ||