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Southall 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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APPENDICES
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS
Table I
| Comparative Figures for 1963 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | 1,159 | 1,220 | ||
| Total | Male | Female | ||
| Stillbirths—Legitimate | 18 | 11 | 7 | 15 |
| —Illegitimate | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Deaths | 676 | 331 | 345 | 776 |
| Crude birth rate (live and stillbirths) per 1,000 of the estimated population 20.66 | 22.96 | |||
| Stillbirth rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 19.8 | 15.33 | |||
| Crude death rate per 1,000 of the civilian population 11.81 | 14.38 | |||
| Deaths from Puerperal Causes (Heading 30 of the Registrar General's Short List):— | ||||
| Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) | ||||
| Deaths | births | |||
| No. 30. Pregnancy, Childbirth, Abortion | 1 | 0.85 | — | |
| Death rate of infants under 1 year of age:— | ||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 18.12 | 22.13 | ||
| Deaths from cancer (all ages) | 135 | 130 | ||
| Deaths from measles (all ages) | — | — | ||
| Deaths from whooping cough (all ages) | — | — | ||
| Deaths from diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years of age) | — | — | ||