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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
Croydon 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS
| Area. 23,815 acres. | |||
| Population (Census 1961), 327,239 Total population (estimate of Registrar-General), 328,380 (Midsummer, 1965) | |||
| Number of Inhabited Houses: 99,761 | |||
| Rateable Value of Borough 1965 as from 1.4.65, £18,413,014 | |||
| Product of a Penny Rate, for London Borough of Croydon Purposes £76,430. | |||
| Live Births | Males | Females | Total |
| Legitimate | 2,635 | 2,555 | 5,190 |
| Illegitimate | 298 | 241 | 539 |
| 5,729 | |||
Illegitimate Live Births per cent, of total births 9.4
Live Birth Rate (as adjusted by comparability factor 1.02) 17.8
(England and Wales) 18.0
Stillbirths 71
Stillbirth rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 12.2
(England and Wales) 15.7
Total Births 5,800
Infant Deaths 101
Infant Mortality rate per 1,000 live births 17.6
(England and Wales) 19.0
Infant Mortality rate per 1,000 legitimate births. 17.1
Infant Mortality rate per 1,000 illegitimate births 22.2
Neo-natal Mortality rate (First four weeks)
per 1,000 total live births 12.1
(England and Wales) 13.0
Early Neo-natal Mortality rate (First week)
per 1,000 total live births 10.5
Perinatal Mortality rate (stillbirths + deaths during the
first week)per 1,000 total live and stillbirths 22.6
Maternal Deaths (excluding abortion) nil
Maternal Mortality rate (including abortion)
per 1,000 total live and still births nil
(England and Wales) 0.25
Deaths, 3,874 Death-rate per 1,000 of the estimated
population 11.8
(England and Wales) 11.5
Death rate (as adjusted hy comparability factor 0.88) 10.4