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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
Hampstead 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]
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STATISTICAL SUMMARY
| Area of Borough | 2,265 acres |
| Registrar General's estimate of Population mid 1958 | 96,480 |
| Rateable Value March, 1958 | £2,129,838 |
| Sum produced by Id. rate | £8,620 |
| No. of separate rating assessments of dwelling houses, flats and other residences | 23,028 |
| No. of structurally separate dwellings, Census 1951 | 23,010 |
| No. of private households, Census 1951 | 35,970 |
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| Live Birthss Males | 799 | 706 | 93 | ||
| Females | 695 | 623 | |||
| TOTAL | 1,494 | 1,329 | 165 | ||
| Live birth rate per 1,000 population | 15.5 | ||||
| Area Comparability Factor | 0.75 | ||||
| Adjusted birth rate | 11.6 | ||||
| Still-births (Males 17; Females 9) | 26 | ||||
| Still-births rate per 1,000 live and still-births | 17.1 | ||||
| Total live and still-births | 1,520 | ||||
| Infant Deaths (Males 20; Females 10) | 30 | ||||
| Neo natal deaths (first four weeks of life)(M.l6; F.8) | 24 | ||||
| Infant Mortality Rates: | |||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 20.1 | ||||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 20 .3 | ||||
| Illegitimate " " " illegitimate live births | 18.2 | ||||
| Neo Natal per 1,000 live births | 16.1 | ||||
| Illegitimate live births per cent, of total live births | 11 | ||||
| Maternal deaths (including abortion) | NIL | ||||
| Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live and still-births | NIL | ||||
| Deaths: | Males | 486 | |||
| Females | 589 | ||||
| TOTALs | 1,075 | ||||
| Death rate per 1,000 population | 11.1 | ||||
| Area Comparability Factor | 1.0 | ||||
| Adjusted death rate | 11.1 | ||||