Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]
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20.
STATISTICAL SUMMARY.
Area of Borough 2,266 acres
No. of structurally separate dwellings, Census 1961 30,545
No. of private households, Census 1961 40,370
No. of separate rating assessments of dwelling houses 25,192
Rateable Value, March 1964 £7,651,019
Sum produced by a 1d. rate £30,469
Population: Registrar General's Estimate mid-1964 101,060
Estimated Population of Children 30th June, 1964:-
Total Total
Under 1 1-4 under 5 5-14 under 15
1,810 4,390 6,200 8,000 14,200
Live Births: Legitimate: Males 768 Females 767)
Illegitimate: Males 154 Females 130) Total:- 1,819
Live birth rate per 1,000 population 18.0
Illegitimate live births per cent. of total live births 15.6
Area Comparability Factor .64
Adjusted birth rate 11.5
Still-births: Males 10 Females 7 Total:- 17.0
Still-birth rate per 1,000 live and still-births 9.3
Total live and still-births 1,836
Infant Deaths: Males 18 Females 11 Total:- 29
Neo-natal deaths (first four weeks of life)(M.13 F.8) 21
Early neo-natal deaths (first week of life)(M.13.F.7)20
Infant Mortality Rates:-
All infants per 1,000 live births 15.9
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 16.3
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 14
Neo-natal deaths per 1,000 live births 11.5
Early Neo-natal deaths per 1,000 live births 11.0
Perinatal Mortality rate (still-births and deaths under
1 week per 1,000 live and still-births) 20.5
Maternal deaths (including abortion) Nil
Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live and still-births Nil
Deaths:- Males 433 Females 489 Total:- 922
Death rate per 1,000 population 9.1
Area comparability Factor 1.11
Adjusted death rate 10.1