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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

Kingston upon Thames 1919

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]

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REPORT
OF THE
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
Municipal Offices,
July, 1920.
Gentlemen,
Total Births were 667. Males 354, Females 313. 25 Males and
30 Females were illegitimate.
Population for Birth Rate was 38,700.
Birth rate was 17.2 per 1000.
Population for Death Rate was reckoned at 87,151.
Total Deaths were 529. Males 267, Females 262, showing a
Death Rate of 15.9 per 1000.
Deaths under 1 year were 51. Males 29, Females 22, giving an
Infant Mortality of 76.4 per 1000 births.
Zymotic Death Rate was .78 per 1000, a comparatively low figure.
Zymotic Deaths numbered 29.