London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Haringey 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Haringey]
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| 1970 | 1971 | |
|---|---|---|
| PERI-NATAL MORTALITY (Total stillbirths and deaths under 1 week) | 109 | 104 |
| Rate per 1,000 live and still births | 24.81 (23) | 24.44 (22) |
NOTE: The figures in parenthesis indicate the rates for England and Wales
Comparability Factors
To enable local vital statistics to be compared with other districts or with national figures, the Registrar General
issues comparability factors for correcting crude birth and death rates. These factors make allowance for the way
in which the sex and age distribution of the local population differs from England and Wales as a whole. The
death rate comparability factor has been adjusted specifically to take account of the presence of residential
institutions in the area.
To compare the crude 1971 rates for Haringey with the national rates, Haringey's figures must be multiplied by
the appropriate comparability factors, which are 0.92 for births and 0.95 for deaths.
The adjusted birth rate for Haringey is 16.3, and the death rate 10.9, compared with national rates of 16.0 and
11.6.
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