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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
Beddington and Wallington 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beddington and Wallington]
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GENERAL STATISTICS.
Area (acres), 3,029.
Population (1923), 16,340.
Number of inhabited houses (1923), 4,248.
Rateable Value, ,£146,942.
Sum represented by a penny rate,£615.
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE
YEAR.
Births:— Total. M. F.
Legitimate 218 118 100
Illegitimate 3 3
Birth Rate, 13.5.
Deaths, 172. Death Rate, 10.5.
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of,
childbirth: —
From Sepsis 1
From other causes 1
Deaths of infants under one year of age:—
Per 1,000 Legitimate Births 50
Per 1,000 Illegitimate Births 333
Total 49
Deaths from Measles (all ages) —
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) —
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 3