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Infant mortality
Infant deaths 61
Male Female T otal
Legitimate 31 27 58
Illegitimate 3 - 3
Total 34 27 61
Rates: 1. All infants per thousand livebirths 18.9
2. Legitimate infants per thousand legitimate
livebirths 18.8
3. Illegitimate infants per thousand illegitimate
livebirths 21.7
4. Male infants per thousand male livebirths 20.7
5. Female infants per thousand female livebirths 17.2
Neonatal deaths (under 4 weeks of age) 52
Neonatal death rates:—
Males, per 1,000 male livebirths 17.0
Females, per 1,000 female livebirths 15.2
All infants, per 1,000 livebirths 16.2
Reproductive wastage:—
Stillbirths plus infant deaths 123
Rates:—
Males, per 1,000 live and still male births 45.0
Females, per 1,000 live and still female births 29.5
All infants, per 1,000 live and still births 37.5
Maternal deaths
Maternal deaths
Other special causes of death
Measles
Whooping-cough
Gastroenteritis (infants)
Motor vehicle accidents 16
Suicide 27
Tuberculosis (all forms) 29
Other respiratory (Code Nos. 22-25) 352
Cancer (Code Nos. 10-15) 485
Heart and circulation diseases (Code Nos. 17-21) 1,219
Comparative statistics for the year 1956
Table 1
Birth rate
Death rate
(per 1,000
population)
(adjusted)
Infant
mortality
rate (per l,C00
livebirths)
Live
births
(adjusted)
Still
births
Lewisham
13.8
18.9
10.8
18.9
England and Wales
15.7
23.0
11.7
23.8
London Administrative Count
13.97
20.2
11.7
21.3