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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

Teddington 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Teddington]

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Maternity and Child Welfare.
(1) VITAL STATISTICS.
(a) Notification of Births Act.

Table: The number of births reported to the Public Health Department in 1934 was as under:—

The number of births reported to the Public Health Department in 1934 was as under:—

Total Births—Notified by Midwives172
Notified by Doctors and Parents141
Total313
Still Births—Notified by Midwives4
Notified by Doctors and Parents7
Total11
(b) Infantile Mortality in 1934.
Nett live births registered325
Number of deaths of infants under one year11
Infantile Mortality33
Nett illegitimate live births registered13
Number of deaths of illegitimate infants under one year1
Infantile Mortality in illegitimate infants76