Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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APPENDICES
Table I
Total | Male | Female | Comparative Figures for 1959 | |
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Live Births—Legitimate | 751 | 386 | 365 | 688 |
Illegitimate | 66 | 26 | 40 | 55 |
Stillbirths— Legitimate | 11 | 4 | 7 | 8 |
Illegitimate | — | — | — | 2 |
Deaths | 699 | 352 | 347 | 641 |
Birth rate (live and stillbirths) per 1,000 of the estimated population | 15.58 | 14.23 | ||
Stillbirth rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 13.29 | 13.28 | ||
Crude death rate per 1,000 of the civilian population | 13.15 | 12.12 | ||
Deaths from Puerperal Causes (Heading 30 of the Registrar-General's Short List):— | ||||
No. 30. Pregnancy, Childbirth, Abortion 1 | .. | 1.21 | 1.33 | |
Death rate of infants under 1 year of age:— | ||||
All infants per 1,000 live births | 17.14 | 22.88 | ||
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 17.31 | 21.80 | ||
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 15.15 | 36.36 | ||
Deaths from cancer (all ages) | 118 | 115 | ||
Deaths from measles (all ages) | — | — | ||
Deaths from whooping cough (all ages) | — | — | ||
Deaths from diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years of age) | — | — |