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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 1962
[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 1961 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births—Legitimate | 966 | 509 | 457 | 893 |
| Illegitimate | 99 | 60 | 39 | 80 |
| Stillbirths— Legitimate | 18 | 8 | 10 | 22 |
| Illegitimate | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Deaths | 736 | 353 | 383 | 719 |
| Crude birth rate (live and stillbirths) per 1,000 of the estimated population | 20.05 | 18.86 | ||
| Corrected birth rate (live births only) per 1,000 of the estimated population | 19.68 | 19.18 | ||
| Stillbirth rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 18.43 | 22.11 | ||
| Crude death rate per 1,000 of the civilian population | 13.60 | 13.63 | ||
| Corrected death rate per 1,000 of the civilian population | 12.24 | 12.13 | ||
| Deaths from Puerperal Causes (Heading 30 of the Registrar-General's Short List):— | ||||
| No. 30. Pregnancy, Childbirth, Abortion | - | — | — | |
| Death rate of infants under 1 year of age:— | ||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 22.54 | 26.72 | ||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 21.74 | 25.76 | ||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 30.30 | 37.5 | ||
| Deaths from cancer (all ages) | 138 | 148 | ||
| Deaths from measles (all ages) | — | 1 | ||
| Deaths from whooping cough (all ages) | — | — | ||
| Deaths from diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years of age) | 1 | - | ||