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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
Lewisham 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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VITAL STATISTICS
NOTE—The principal figures for the previous year are italicised in brackets.
Area
The area of the borough is 7,015 acres.
Public open space comprises 652 acres.
Population
Census 1961 221,753
The Registrar-General's estimate of the home population
at midyear 1964 was 223,170. (This includes members of the
armed forces stationed in the area).
Rateable value
| Rateable value of the borough at April 1, 1964 | £8,993,901 | |||
| Estimated net product of a penny rate 1964/5 | £35,975 | |||
| Estimated number of separately assessed dwellings at April 1, 1964 | 66,477 | |||
| Births (adjusted for inward and outward transfers) | ||||
| Total Livebirths | 4,142 | |||
| Legitimate | 1,828 | 1,820 | 3,648 | |
| Illegitimate | 239 | 255 | 494 | |
| Totals | 2,067 | 2,075 | 4,142 | |
| Crude birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated population | 18.6 | |||
| Adjusted birth rate for comparative purposes (Area comparability factor = 0.97) | 18.0 | |||
| Birth rate for England and Wales Adjusted birth rate for London Administrative | 18.4 | |||
| County | 17.2 | |||
| Stillbirths | ||||
| Total (26 males and 18 females) | 44 | |||
| Rate per 1,000 live and stillbirths) (males 12.4 (14.3): females 8.6 (12.2) | 10.5 | |||
| Deaths | ||||
| Total (1,343 males, 1,220 females) | 2,563 | |||
| Crude death rate per 1,000 population | 11.5 | |||
| Adjusted death rate (Area comparability factor = 0.97) | 11.2 | |||
| Death rate for England and Wales | 11.3 | |||
| ,, ,, „ London Administrative County | 10.7 | |||
| Infant mortality | ||||
| Infant deaths (all deaths of liveborn children under one year) | ||||
| Legitimate | 41 | 34 | 75 | |
| Illegitimate | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Total | 45 | 40 | 85 | |