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old people and of males and females in the area, and in order to make comparisons
between one area and another the Registrar General gives Area Comparability Factors
which take into account these variations in age and sex. Using this factor the
adjusted death rate for Bethnal Green would be 13.3.
The birth rate during 1963 was 17.9 which is the same as the
previous year. The adjusted rate for comparison with other areas was 16.8.
The infant mortality rate was 24.2 which is, in Bethnal Green ,
however , calculated on a very small number of infant deaths and is consequently
subject to large variations from year to year and as an indication of child care
the figure should be used with some caution.
The causes of death are shown in Table 1 , which follows:
Notification of Births
Arrangements continued in operation during the year whereby the
London County Council furnished to the Borough Council a weekly return of births
(including stillbirths) notified to them as the Local Health Authority under the
National Health Service Act, 1946.
During the year 832 live births (422 male and 410 female) were
notified and in addition there were 12 stillbirths (8 male and 4 female).