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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
Richmond upon Thames 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year.
total. m. f.
Live Births (Legitimate) 365 202 163
„ ,, (Illegitimate) 24 13 11
Birth Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population .. 10.2
Stillbirths 13 4 9
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still births) 32.3
Deaths 501 235 266
Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population 11.2
Deaths from puerperal causes (Headings 29 and 30 of the
Registrar-General's Short List):—
deaths Rate per 1,000 total
(live and still) births
No. 29 Puerperal sepsis — 0.00
No. 30 Other puerperal causes 2 4.97
Total 2 4.97
Death Rate of Infants under 1 year of age.
All infants per 1,000 live births 38
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 38
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 42
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 88
Deaths from Measles (all ages) —
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) —
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under two years of age) 1