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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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APPENDICES
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS
Table I.
| Comparative Figures for | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Male | Female | 1954 | |
| Live Births—Legitimate | 677 | 357 | 320 | 678 |
| Illegitimate | 21 | 9 | 12 | 23 |
| Stillbirths—Legitimate | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Illegitimate | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Deaths | 642 | 313 | 329 | 662 |
| Birth rate (live and stillbirths) per 1,000 of the estimated population | 13.19 | 13.06 | ||
| Stillbirth rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 16.90 | 14.06 | ||
| Crude death rate per 1,000 of the civilian population | 11.92 | 12.16 | ||
| Deaths from Puerperal Causes (Heading 30 of the Registrar-General's Short List):— | ||||
| No. 30. Pregnancy, Childbirth, Abortion | - | 1.41 | ||
| Death rate of infants under 1 year of age:— | ||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 17.19 | 18.54 | ||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 17.19 | 17.70 | ||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | — | 43.48 | ||
| Deaths from cancer (all ages) | 109 | 115 | ||
| Deaths from measles (all ages) | — | — | ||
| Deaths from whooping cough (all ages) | — | — | ||
| Deaths from diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years of age) | — | — | ||