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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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APPENDICES
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS
| Table I. | Compara tiue Figures for | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Male | Female | 1955 | |
| Live Births—Legitimate | 675 | 331 | 344 | 677 |
| Illegitimate | 38 | 19 | 19 | 21 |
| Stillbirths—Legitimate Illegitimate | 9 | 4 | 5 | 10 2 |
| Deaths | 652 | 324 | 328 | 642 |
| Birth rate (live and stillbirths) per 1,000 of the estimated population | 13.7 | 13.19 | ||
| Stillbirth rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 12.47 | 16.90 | ||
| Crude death rate per 1,000 of the civilian population | 12.25 | 11.92 | ||
| Deaths from Puerperal Causes (Heading 30 of the Registrar-General's Short List) :— Rate per 1,000 total Deaths (live and still) births No. 30. Pregnancy, Childbirth, Abortion 1 1.39 | ||||
| Death rate of infants under 1 year of age :— | ||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 18.23 | 17.19 | ||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 16.83 | 17.19 | ||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 26.32 | — | ||
| Deaths from cancer (all ages) | 132 | 109 | ||
| Deaths from measles (all ages) | — | — | ||
| Deaths from whooping cough (all ages) | — | — | ||
| Deaths from diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years of age) | — | — | ||