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
Greenwich 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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Deaths Total : 2,606
Males 1,370
Females 1,236
Crude Rate (per 1,000 pop.) 11.56
Comparable Rate (per 1,000 pop.) 12.37
Ratio of Comparable Rate to National Rate 1.05
Natural Increase (excess of births over deaths) 563
Infantile Mortality (deaths of infants under 1 year) Total : 72
Infant Deaths
Age
Leg.
Meg.
Total
M
F
M
F
Under 1 year
35
25
8
4
72
Under 4 wks.
26
12
5
2
45
Under 1 wk.
24
11
5
1
41
Infant Mortality Rates
All Infant Deaths (per 1,000 total live births) 22.72
Legitimate Deaths (per 1,000 legitimate live
births) 20.99
Illegitimate Deaths (per 1,000 illegitimate live
births) 38.58
Neo-Natal Mortality Rate (per 1,000 total live
births) 14.20
Early Neo-Natal Mortality Rate (per 1,000 total
live births) 12.94
Peri-Natal Mortality Rate (per 1,000 total births) 23.41
Reproductive Wastage (per 1,000 total births) 33.09
Maternal Mortality (inch Abortion) Total : Nil
Maternal Mortality Rate (per 1,000 total births) Nil