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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
Sutton 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton]
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Suicide
| Suicide Rate per 1,000 deaths | Total as % of total deaths | Rate per 1,000 population | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | ||
| 1969 | 11.32 | 12.33 | 11.85 | 1.13 | 1.23 | 1.19 | 0.14 |
| 1968 | 13.42 | 6.51 | 9.79 | 1.34 | 0.65 | 0.98 | 0.12 |
| 1967 | 8.29 | 6.83 | 7.54 | 0.83 | 0.68 | 0.75 | 0.09 |
Twenty and twenty four persons in the Borough ended their own lives
during 1968 and 1969,respectively. A number of surveys have been carried
out to determine the frequency of attempted suicide compared to that which
is successful. The 1964 report of the Chief Medical Officer of the
Ministry of Health records figures varying from 10 and 6: 1. Applying
this range of figures to the Sutton cases, between 260 and 440 people may
have attempted to terminate their own lives during the years 1968 and 1969.
Infant Deaths
| MALES | FEMALES | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Legit. | Illegit. | Total | Legit. | Illegit. | Total | TOTAL | |
| Under 1 year of age | 1969 | 13 | - | 13 | 23 | 4 | 27 | 40 |
| 1968 | 25 | - | 25 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 34 | |
| 1967 | 18 | 1 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 20 | 39 | |
| Under 4 weeks of age | 1969 | 8 | - | 8 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 25 |
| 1968 | 20 | - | 20 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 27 | |
| 1967 | 16 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 29 | |
| Under 1 week of age | 1969 | 6 | - | 6 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 18 |
| 1968 | 20 | - | 20 | 6 | - | 6 | 26 | |
| 1967 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 25 | |
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