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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

Finsbury 1960

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]

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Table: PRINCIPAL VITAL STATISTICS

PRINCIPAL VITAL STATISTICS

Population (Mid year estimate)33,710
Marriages registered255
Live Births
LegitimateMales 315Females 282Total 597
Illegitimate" 24" 21" 45
Total339303642
Birth Rate (Standardized)17.1
England & Wales17.1
Stillbirths
LegitimateMales 5Females 5Total 10
Illegitimate-" 1" 1" 2
Total6612
Stillbirth Rate:
Per 1,000 live & stillbirths18.3
England & Wales (per 1,000 live & stillbirths)19.7
Per 1,000 Population (standardized)0.32
DeathsMales 194Females 143Total 337
Death Rate (Standardized)10.10
England & Wales11.5
Infant Deaths10
Infant Mortality15.6
England & Wales21.7
Neonatal Deaths7
Neonatal Mortality10.9
England & Wales15.6
Illegitimate Infant Deaths0
Illegitimate Infant Mortality0
Maternal Deaths1
Maternal Mortality1.5
England & Wales0.39
Tuberculosis fall forms) death rate0.12
England & Wales 1959 all forms per thousand.
Respiratory0.07
Other forms0.008
Area Comparability factors – Births 0.90 Deaths 1.01