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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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APPENDICES
Table I
| Total | Male | Female | Comparative Figures for 1956 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births—Legitimate | 757 | 376 | 381 | 675 | |
| Illegitimate | 37 | 21 | 16 | 38 | |
| Stillbirths— Legitimate | 15 | 11 | 4 | 9 | |
| Illegitimate | — | — | - | — | |
| Deaths | 690 | 342 | 348 | 652 | |
| Birth rate (live and stillbirths) per 1,000 of the estimated population | 15.26 | 13.57 | |||
| Stillbirth rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 18.54 | 12.47 | |||
| Crude death rate per 1,000 of the civilian population | 13.02 | 12.25 | |||
| Deaths from Puerperal Causes (Heading 30 of the Registrar-General's Short List):— | |||||
| No. 30. Pregnancy, Childbirth, Abortion | — | — | 1.39 | ||
| Death rate of infants under 1 year of age:— | |||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 21.41 | 18.23 | |||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 21.14 | 16.83 | |||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 27.03 | 26.32 | |||
| Deaths from cancer (all ages) | 113 | 132 | |||
| Deaths from measles (all ages) | 1 | — | |||
| Deaths from whooping cough (all ages) | - | — | |||
| Deaths from diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years of age) | 1 | — | |||