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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 1936
[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 1936 was as under:—
Total Births—Notified by Midwives 177
Notified by Doctors and Parents 169
Total 346
Still Births—Notified by Midwives 4
Notified by Doctors and Parents 10
Total 14
(,b) Infantile Mortality in 1936.
Nett live births registered 347
Number of deaths of infants under one year 10
Infantile Mortality 28
Nett illegitimate live births registered 19
Number of deaths of illegitimate infants under
one year nil
Infantile Mortality in illegitimate infants nil
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