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Kingston upon Thames 1920

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

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Report
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
Municipal Offices,
June, 1921.
Gentlemen,
I present you with my Annual Report for the Year 19-0, on
the health and sanitary conditions of Kingston-upon-Thames.
Total Births were 923. Males 470, Females 453. 29 Males and
22 Females were illegitimate.
Population for Birth Rate was 39,067, showing an Annual Birth
Rate of 299 per thousand.
Total Deaths were 437. Males 205, Females 232.
Population for Death Rate was 38,631, showing an Annual Death
Rate of 113 per thousand.
Deaths under 1 year were 31 Males and 30 Females, producing an
Infant Mortality of 66*1 per thousand births.
Zymotic Deaths numbered 15, giving a Zymotic Death Rate of
.39 per thousand.
I look upon all these figures as highly satisfactory, bearingfavourable
comparison with all other towns in England aud
Wales.