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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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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APPENDICES
Table I
| Total | Male | Female | Comparative Figures for 1962 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births—Legitimate | 1,114 | 569 | 545 | 966 |
| Illegitimate | 106 | 53 | 53 | 99 |
| Stillbirths— Legitimate | 15 | 9 | 6 | 18 |
| Illegitimate | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Deaths | 776 | 370 | 406 | 736 |
| Crude birth rate (live and stillbirths) per 1,000 of the estimated population | 22.96 | 20.05 | ||
| Corrected birth rate (live births only) per 1,000 of the estimated population | 22.61 | 19.68 | ||
| Stillbirth rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 15.33 | 18.43 | ||
| Crude death rate per 1,000 of the civilian population | 14.38 | 13.60 | ||
| Corrected death rate per 1,000 of the civilian population | 12.08 | 12.24 | ||
| 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 | 22.13 | 22.54 | ||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 21.54 | 21.74 | ||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 28.30 | 30.30 | ||
| Deaths from cancer (all ages) | 130 | 138 | ||
| Deaths from measles (all ages) | — | — | ||
| Deaths from whooping cough (all ages) | — | — | ||
| Deaths from diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years of age) | — | — | ||