[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing].

  • Ealing (London, England). Council.
Date:
[1944]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    4 There is no evidence that the children, whether of school age or under school age, are suffering from war-time conditions ; on the contrary the impression gained on coming into touch with large groups of children in the schools and at the Health Centres is that the level of nutrition and health is higher than before the war, a result which no doubt is due to the steps wisely taken by the Government in various directions to guide the mothers as to a suitable diet and to provide necessary protective foodstuffs. SUMMARY OF STATISTICS. Area (in Acres) 8,739 Population (Census, 1931) 117,707 Rateable Value, 1st April, 1943 £1,857,470 Net Product of a Penny Rate £7,553 Live Births :— Legitimate Males, 1,438 Females, 1,403 Total, 2,841 Illegitimate Males, 55 Females, 79 Total, 134 2,975 Birth-Rate per 1,000 of Estimated Population — Still-Births :— Males, 38 Females, 34 Total 72 Rate per 1,000 total Births (Live and Still-Births) 23 Deaths : Males, 852 Females, 926 Total 1778 Death-Rate per 1,000 of Estimated Population — Deaths of Infants under one year of age :— Legitimate Males, 59 Females, 52 Total, 111 Illegitimate Males, 6 Females, 1 Total, 7 118 Death-Rate of Infants under one year of age :— All Infants per 1,000 Live Births 40 Legitimate Infants per 1,000 Legitimate Live Births 39 Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 Illegitimate Live Births 52 Deaths from Diseases and Accidents of Pregnancy and Childbirth From Sepsis 2 Death-Rate 1,000 Total Births 0.65 From other Causes 7 „ „ „ 2.30 Total 9 „ ,, ,, 2.95