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Rates : 1. All infants per thousand livebirths 19.8 (18.9)
2. Legitimate infants per thousand
legitimate livebirths 18.9 (17.9)
3. Illegitimate infants per thousand
illegitimate livebirths . 29.7 (34.0)
4. Male infants per thousand male livebirths 20.5 (25.3)
5. Female infants per thousand female
livebirths 19.1 (12.5)
Neonatal deaths (under 4 weeks of age) 51 (48)
Neonatal death rates :—
Males, per 1,000 male livebirths 13.1
Females, per 1,000 female livebirths 14.2
All infants, per 1,000 livebirths 13.6 (13.1)
Early neonatal deaths (under 1 week of age) 44 (39)
Males, per thousand male livebirths 12.1
Females, per thousand female livebirths 11.5
All infants per thousand livebirths 11.8 (10.9)
Perinatal mortality (deaths under 1 week plus stillbirths) 116 (102)
Males, per thousand live and still male births 32.9
Females, per thousand live and still female births 27.9
All infants, per thousand live and stillbirths 30.4 (28.0)
Reproductive wastage—(Stillbirths plus all infant deaths) 146 (131)
Males, per 1,000 live and still male births ... 41.1
Females, per 1,000 live and still female births 35.4
All infants, per 1,000 live and still births ... 38.3 (35.9)
Maternal deaths
Maternal deaths 1 (Nil)
Maternal mortality rate per thousand live and still births 0.3 (—)
Other special causes of death
Measles 1 (—)
Whooping-cough — (—)
Gastroenteritis (infants) — (—)
Tuberculosis (all forms) 19 (77)
Motor vehicle accidents 29 (28)
Suicide 31 (33)
Respiratory diseases (other than tuberculosis)
(Code Nos. 22-25) 379 (294)
Cancer (Code Nos. 10-15) 481 (539)
Heart and circulation diseases (Code Nos. 17-21) 1,311 (1,156)
Comparative statistics for the year 1961
Table 1
Birth rate
Death rate
(per 1,000
population)
(adjusted)
Infant
mortality
rate (per 1,000
livebirths)
Live
births
(adjusted)
Still
births
Lewisham
16.3
18.9
11.2
19.8
England and Wales
17.4
18.7
12.0
21.4
London Administrative County
16.8
18.3
11.4
21.5