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Lewisham 1962

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]

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Rates : 1. All infants per thousand livebirths 18.9 (19.8)
2. Legitimate infants per thousand
legitimate livebirths 18.9 (18.9)
3. Illegitimate infants per thousand
illegitimate livebirths 19.4 (29.7)
4. Male infants per thousand male livebirths 24.2 (20.5)
5. Female infants per thousand female
livebirths 13.3 (19.1)
Neonatal deaths (under 4 weeks of age) 51 (51)
Neonatal death rates:—
Males, per 1,000 male livebirths 17.8
Females, per 1,000 female livebirths 8.0
All infants, per 1,000 livebirths 13.0 (13.6)
Early neonatal deaths (under 1 week of age) 46 (44)
Males, per thousand male livebirths 16.3
Females, per thousand female livebirths 6.9
All infants per thousand livebirths 11.8 (11.8)
Perinatal mortality (deaths under 1 week plus stillbirths) 96 (116)
Males, per thousand live and still male births 26.4
Females, per thousand live and still female births 22.0
All infants, per thousand live and stillbirths 24.2 (30.4)
Reproductive wastage—(Stillbirths plus all infant deaths) 124 (146)
Males, per 1,000 live and still male births 34.2
Females, per 1,000 live and still female births 28.2
All infants, per 1,000 live and still births 31.3 (38.3)
Maternal deaths
Maternal deaths 2 (1)
Maternal mortality rate per thousand live and still births 0.5 (0 3)
Other special causes of death
Measles (1)
Whooping-cough — (—)
Gastroenteritis (infants) — (—)
Tuberculosis (all forms) 23 (19)
Motor vehicle accidents 28 (29)
Suicide 26 (31)
Respiratory diseases (other than tuberculosis)
(Code Nos. 22-25) 379 (379)
Cancer (Code Nos. 10-15) 548 (481)
Heart and circulation diseases (Code Nos. 17-21) 1,207 (1,311)

Comparative statistics for the year 1962

Table 1

Birth rateDeath rate (per 1,000 population) (adjusted)Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 livebirths)
Live births (adjusted)Still births
Lewisham16.912.611.518.9
England and Wales18.018.111.920.7
London Administrative County17.616.612.021.1