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Southall-Norwood 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall-Norwood]
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5
BIRTHS AND BIRTH-RATE.
In calculating the birth-rate and the rates of mortality and
morbidity, the figures furnished by the Registrar General are used;
the totals differ slightly from those on the local registers, because
ours are uncorrected, whereas the official figures are corrected for
inward and outward transfers.
The total number of births belonging to the district was 716;
the number registered in our books, however, was 674. The birthrate
per 1,000 population is 23.4.
The birth-rate is 23.4 per 1,000 as compared with 16.5 for last
year; it is the highest rate since 1914. The rate for the East Ward
is 27.1 and the West Ward 20.7. The number of illegitimate births
was 31, as compared with 46 for last year.
Distributed in Wards, the births are as follows:
| EAST. | WEST. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. |
| 168 | 161 | 165 | 180 |
| 329 | 345 | ||
| 674 | |||
MONTHLY REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS.
| East Ward. | West Ward. | Totals. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
| January | 22 | 17 | 17 | 28 | 84 |
| February | 18 | 23 | 18 | 19 | 78 |
| March | 12 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 50 |
| April | 14 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 43 |
| May | 18 | 14 | 13 | 22 | 67 |
| June | 14 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 56 |
| July | 12 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 51 |
| August | 13 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 55 |
| September | 10 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 46 |
| October | 13 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 46 |
| November | 10 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 35 |
| December | 12 | 12 | 20 | 19 | 63 |
| Totals | 168 | 161 | 165 | 180 | 674 |