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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 1964

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

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Table:

Legitimate1,987
Illegitimate411
Total2,398
Rate per 1,000 population:—
Crude22.3
Adjusted (Comparability Factor 0.86)19.2
England and Wales18.2
Illegitimate Live Births per cent, of total live births17.1
Stillbirths:—
Legitimate25
llleeitimate9
Total34
Rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths14.0
Rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths England and Wales17.3
Toal Live and Stillbirths2,432
Infant Deaths (deaths under 1 year)
Legitimate55
Illegitimate8
Total63
(deaths under 4 weeks)44
(deaths under 1 week)41
Infant Mortality Rates:—
Total infant deaths per 1,000 total live births26.3
Total infant deaths per 1,000 live births England and Wales21.0
Legitimate infant deaths per 1,000 legitimate live births27.7
Illegitimate infant deaths per 1,000 illegitimate live berths19.5
Neo-natal Mortality Rate (deaths under 4 weeks per 1,000 total
live births)18.3
Early Neo-natal Mortality Rate (deaths under 1 week per 1,000
total live births)17.1
Perinatal Mortality Rate (stillbirths and deaths under 1 week
combined per 1,000 total live and stillbirths)30.8
Maternal Mortality (including abortion):—
Number of deaths—
Rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths—

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A summary of the vital statistics of the district for 1964 and previous years
is given in the following table