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 Lewisham Borough]
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Rates: 1. All infants per thousand livebirths 18.9
2. Legitimate infants per thousand
legitimate livebirths 17.9
3. Illegitimate infants per thousand
illegitimate livebirths 34.0
4. Male infants per thousand male livebirths 25.3
5. Female infants per thousand female
livebirths 12.5
Neonatal deaths (under 4 weeks of age) 48
Neonatal death rates:—
Males, per 1,000 male livebirths 17.6
Females, per 1,000 female livebirths 9.1
All infants, per 1,000 livebirths 13.1
Early neonatal deaths (under 1 week of age) 39
Males, per thousand male livebirths 15.4
Females, per thousand female livebirths 6.2
All infants per thousand livebirths 10.9
Perinatal mortality (deaths under 1 week plus stillbirths) 102
Males, per thousand live and still male births 35.6
Females, per thousand live and still female births 20.1
All infants, per thousand live and stillbirths 28.0
Reproductive wastage—(Stillbirths plus all infant deaths) 131
Males, per 1,000 live and still male births 45.2
Females, per 1,000 live and still female births 26.2
All infants, per 1,000 live and still births 35.9
Maternal deaths
Maternal deaths Nil
Other special causes of death
Measles -
Whooping-cough —
Gastroenteritis (infants) —
Tuberculosis (all forms) 11
Motor Vehicle Accidents 28
Suicide 33
Respiratory Diseases (other than tuberculosis)
(Code Nos. 22-25) 294
Cancer (Code Nos. 10-15) 539
Heart and circulation diseases (Code Nos. 17-21) 1,156
Comparative statistics for the year 1960
Table 1
Birth rate | Death rate (per 1,000 population) (adjusted) | Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 livebirths) | ||
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Live births (adjusted) | Still births | |||
Lewisham | 15.4 | 17.3 | 11.3 | 18.9 |
England and Wales | 17.1 | 19.7 | 11.5 | 21.7 |
London Administrative County | 16.0 | 17.9 | 11.2 | 21.6 |