Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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VITAL AND GENERAL STATISTICS 1971
Area in acres | 13,971 | ||||||
Population (census 1961) | 181,030 | ||||||
Population—estimated to mid-year (as supplied by the Registrar-General) | 174,310 | ||||||
Number of inhabited houses | 62,452 | ||||||
Rateable value | £11,578,197 | ||||||
Sum represented by a lp. rate | £110,640 | ||||||
Live Births—Legitimate | 2,124 | 1,119 | 1,005 | ||||
Illegitimate | 176 | 107 | 69 | ||||
Total | 2,300 | 1,226 | 1,074 | ||||
Live Birth rate per 1,000 of estimated Population | 13.2 | ||||||
Adjusted Live Birth rate per 1,000 of estimated Population | 13.3 | ||||||
Illegitimate Live Births as percentage of total Live Births | 8 | ||||||
F. | |||||||
Still Births—Legitimate | 15 | 5 | 10 | ||||
Illegitimate | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Total | 17 | 6 | 11 | ||||
Still Birth rate per 1,000 live and still births | 7 | ||||||
Total Live and Still Births | 2,317 | ||||||
Infant Deaths (under 1 year of age):- | |||||||
Legitimate | 37 | 22 | 15 | ||||
Illegitimate | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Total | 39 | 23 | 16 | ||||
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births | 17 | ||||||
Legitimate Infant mortality rate per 1,000 legitimate live births | 17 | ||||||
Illegitimate Infant mortality rate per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 11 | ||||||
Neo-Natal deaths | Under 4 weeks of age | Under 1 week of age | |||||
Legitimate | 17 | 17 | 10 | 23 | 15 | 8 | |
Illegitimate | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | |
Totals | 28 | 17 | 11 | 24 | 15 | 9 | |
Neo-Natal mortality rate (deaths under 4 weeks) per 1,000 total live births | 12 | ||||||
Early Neo-Natal mortality rate (deaths under 1 week) per 1,000 total live births | 10 | ||||||
Perinatal mortality rate (stillbirths and deaths under 1 week combined) per 1,000 total live and still births | 18 | ||||||
Maternal mortality (including abortion) deaths | 4 | ||||||
Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live and still births | 2 | ||||||
M. | |||||||
Deaths | 2,243 | 1,041 | 1,202 | ||||
Crude death rate per 1,000 of estimated population | 12.9 | ||||||
Adjusted death rate | 10.7 |