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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
Islington 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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| NEO-NATAL MORTALITY | Total | Male | Female | ||
| Deaths of Infants under 4 weeks of age - | |||||
| Legitimate | 58 | 32 | 26 | ||
| Illegitimate | 23 | 15 | 8 | ||
| 81 | 47 | 34 | |||
| Islington | England and Wales | ||||
| NEO-NATAL MORTALITY RATE (per 1.000 live births) | |||||
| All Infants | 13.8 | 12.9 | |||
| Legitimate | 11.5 | ||||
| Illegitimate | 27.6 | ||||
| EARLY NEO-NATAL MORTALITY | Total | Male | Female | ||
| Deaths of Infants under 1 week of age - | |||||
| Legitimate | 54 | 30 | 24 | ||
| Illegitimate | 23 | 15 | 8 | ||
| 77 | 45 | 32 | |||
| EARLY NEO-NATAL MORTALITY RATE | Islington | England and Wales | |||
| (per 1,000 live births) | |||||
| All Infants | 13.1 | 11.1 | |||
| Legitimate | 10.7 | ||||
| Illegitimate | 27.6 | ||||
| PERINATAL MORTALITY | Total | Male | Female | ||
| Still births and deaths under 1 week combined | 145 | 83 | 62 | ||
| PERINATAL MORTALITY RATE | Islington | England and Wales | |||
| (per 1,000 total live and still births) | 24.4 | 26.3 | |||
| MATERNAL DEATHS (including abortion) | 2 | 223 | |||
| RATE (per 1,000 total live and still births) | 0.34 | 0.26 | |||