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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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APPENDICES
Table I.
| Total | Male | Female | Comparative Figures for 1952 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births—Legitimate | 682 | 359 | 323 | 680 | |
| Illegitimate | 31 | 13 | 18 | 26 | |
| Stillbirths—Legitimate | 10 | 5 | 5 | 16 | |
| Illegitimate | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | |
| Deaths | 731 | 337 | 394 | 517 | |
| Birth rate (live and stillbirths) per 1,000 of the estimated population | 1322 | 1294 | |||
| Stillbirth rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 17.91 | 1534 | |||
| Crude death rate per 1,000 of the civilian population | 13.31 | 933 | |||
| Deaths from Puerperal Causes (Heading 30 of the Registrar-General's Short List) :— | |||||
| No. 30. Pregnancy, Childbirth, Abortion | 1 | 1-38 | — | ||
| Death rate of infants under 1 year of age:— | |||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 2945 | 19.83 | |||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 3079 | 17.65 | |||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | — | 76.92 | |||
| Deaths from cancer (all ages) | 120 | 95 | |||
| Deaths from measles (all ages) | 1 | — | |||
| Deaths from whooping cough (all ages) | 1 | — | |||
| Deaths from diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years of age) | — | — | |||