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Rates : 1. All infants per thousand livebirths 18.4
2. Legitimate infants per thousand
legitimate livebirths 17.7
3. Illegitimate infants per thousand
illegitimate livebirths 29.1
4. Male infants per thousand male livebirths 18.8
5. Female infants per thousand female
livebirths 18.0
Neonatal deaths (under 4 weeks of age) 46
Neonatal death rates:—
Males, per 1,000 male livebirths 13.7
Females, per 1,000 female livebirths 12.8
All infants, per 1,000 livebirths 13.2
Early neonatal deaths (under 1 week of age) 36
Males, per thousand male livebirths 12.0
Females, per thousand female livebirths 8.7
All infants per thousand livebirths 10.4
Reproductive wastage—(Stillbirths plus all infant deaths) 127
Males, per 1,000 live and still male births 35.8
Females, per 1,000 live and still female births 36.0
All infants, per 1,000 live and still births 35.9
Perinatal mortality (Deaths under 1 week plus stillbirths) 99
Males, per thousand live and still male births 29-1
Females, per thousand live and still female births 26-8
All infants, per thousand live and stillbirths 28-0
Maternal deaths
Maternal deaths 3
Maternal mortality rate per thousand live and stillbirths 0-8
Other special causes of death
Measles —
Whooping-cough —
Gastroenteritis (infants) 1
Tuberculosis (all forms) 12
Motor Vehicle Accidents 21
Suicide 27
Respiratory Diseases (other than Tuberculosis)
(Code Nos. 22-25) 413
Cancer (Code Nos. 10-15) 532
Heart and circulation diseases (Code Nos. 17-21) 1,276
Comparative statistics for the year 1959
Table 1
Birth rate
Death rate
(per 1,000
population)
(adjusted)
Infant
mortality
rate (per 1,000
livebirths)
Live
births
(adjusted)
Still
births
Lewisham
14.9
17.8
11.8
18.4
England and Wales
16.5
20.7
11.6
22.0
London Administrative County
15.6
19.3
11.7
22.3