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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Teddington]
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(1) VITAL STATISTICS.
(a) Notification of Births Act.
The number of births reported to the Public Health
Department in 1935 was as under:—
Total Births—Notified by Midwives 165
Notified by Doctors and Parents 140
Total 305
Still Births—Notified by Midwives 6
Notified by Doctors and Parents 3
Total 9
(b) Infantile Mortality in 1935.
Nett live births registered 298
Number of deaths of infants under one year 16
Infantile Mortality 53
Nett illegitimate live births registered 13
Number of deaths of illegitimate infants under
one year nil
Infantile Mortality in illegitimate infants nil
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