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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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APPENDICES
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS
Table I
| Total | Male | Female | Comparative Figures for 1958 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births- | Legitimate | 688 | 357 | 331 | 778 | |
| Illegitimate | 55 | 30 | 25 | 42 | ||
| Stillbirths— | Legitimate | 8 | 5 | 3 | 10 | |
| Illegitimate | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | ||
| Deaths | 641 | 327 | 314 | 636 | ||
| Birth rate (live and stillbirths) per 1,000 of the estimated population | 14.23 | 15.73 | ||||
| Stillbirth rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | ... | ... | 13.28 | 13.24 | ||
| Crude death rate per 1,000 of the civilian population | ... | ... | 12.12 | 12.04 | ||
| Deaths from Puerperal Causes (Heading 30 of the Registrar-General's Short List):— | ||||||
| No. 30. Pregnancy, Childbirth, Abortion | 1 | — | 1.3 | — | ||
| Death rate of infants under 1 year of age:— | ||||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 22.88 | 20.73 | ||||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 21.80 | 19.28 | ||||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 36.36 | 47.62 | ||||
| Deaths from cancer (all ages) | 115 | 139 | ||||
| Deaths from measles (all ages) | — | — | ||||
| Deaths from whooping cough (all ages) | — | — | ||||
| Deaths from diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years of age) | — | 1 | ||||