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
Hammersmith 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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Live Births:—
Number 2,366
Rate per 1,000 population:—
Corrected 21.9
Adjusted (Comparability Factor 0.95) 20.8
Illegitimate Live Births per cent. of total live births 15.5
Stillbirths:—
Number 34
Rate per 1.000 total live and stillbirths 14.1
Total Live and Still Births 2,400
Infant Deaths (deaths under 1 year) 51
Infant Mortality Rates:—
Total infant deaths per 1,000 total live births 21.6
Legitimate infant deaths per 1,000 legitimate live births 21.5
Illegitimate infant deaths per 1,000 illegitimate live births 21.7
Neo-natal Mortality Rate (deaths under 4 weeks per 1.000 total
live births) 17.7
Early Neo-natal Mortality Rate (deaths under 1 week per 1.000
total live births) 17.3
Perinatal Mortality Rate (stillbirths and deaths under 1 week
combined per 1,000 total live and stillbirths) 31.25
Maternal Mortality (including abortion):—
Number of deaths 3
Rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths 1.25
A summary of the vital statistics of the district for 1962 and previous years
is given in the following table.