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Lewisham 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Infant mortality
Infant deaths 71
Legitimate 66
Illegitimate 5
Rates : 1. All infants per thousand livebirths 22.4
2. Legitimate infants per thousand legitimate
livebirths 22.0
3. Illegitimate infants per thousand illegitimate
livebirths ... ... ... ... ... 36.2
Neonatal deaths (under one month of age) 52
Neonatal death rate (per 1,000 livebirths) 16.5
Reproductive wastage:—
Stillbirths plus infant deaths 128
Rate per thousand live and stillbirths 39.8
Maternal deaths
Maternal deaths 1
Maternal mortality rate per thousand live and stillbirths 0.3
Other special causes of death
Measles 1
Diarrhoea (under 2 years) 1
Suicide 15
Motor Vehicle Accidents 23
Tuberculosis (all forms) 42
Cancer (Code Nos. 10-15) 484
Heart and Circulation Diseases (Code Nos. 17-21) 1,249
Comparative statistics for the year 1952
Table 1
Birth rate (per 1,000
population) (adjusted)
Death rate
(per 1,000
population)
(adjusted)
Infant
mortality
rate (per 1,000
livebirths)
Live
births
Still
births
Lewisham
13.1
17.7
11.6
22.4
England and Wales
15.3
22.6
11.3
27.6
London Administrative County
17.6
19.2
12.6
23.8