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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Lewisham 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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VITAL STATISTICS
| Area of the borough 8,579 acres. | Lewisham | England and Wales | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 290,582 | ||||
| Census 1961 | ||||
| Estimate of Registrar.General at midyear 1970 | 279,350 | 48,987,700 | ||
| Rateable value of the borough at April 1, 1970 | £12,545,537 | |||
| Estimated net product of a penny rate 1970.71 | £49,250 | |||
| Estimated number of separately assessed dwellings at April 1, 1970 | 89,153 | |||
| Legitimate | 1,929 | 1,818 | 3,747 | 719,738 |
| Illegitimate | 313 | 334 | 647 | 64,744 |
| Totals | 2,242 | 2,152 | 4,394 | 784,482 |
| Crude birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated population | 15.7 | 16.0 | ||
| Adjusted birth rate for comparative purposes | 16.0 | |||
| (Area comparability factor—0.96) | 15.1 | |||
| Ratio of adjusted birth rate to national rate | 0.94 | 1.0 | ||
| Illegitimate live births as percentage of all live births | 15.0 | 8.0 | ||
| Total (31 males and 29 females) | 60 | 10,341 | ||
| Rate per 1,000 live and stillbirths (males 13.6, females 13.3) | 13.5 | 13.0 | ||
| Total (1,717 males, 1,711 females) | 3,428 | 575,208 | ||
| Crude death rate per 1,000 population | 12.3 | 11.7 | ||
| Adjusted death rate (area comparability factor=0.96) | 11.8 | 11.7 | ||
| Ratio of adjusted death rate to national rate | 1.01 | 1.0 | ||
| Infant deaths (all deaths of live born children under one year) | ||||
| Legitimate | 45 | 32 | 77 | 12,592 |
| Illegitimate | 11 | 10 | 21 | 1,677 |
| Totals | 56 | 42 | 98 | 14,269 |
| Death rate of all infants per 1,000 livebirths | 22.3 | 18.1 | ||
| Death rate of legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate livebirths | 20.5 | 17.5 | ||
| Deathrate of illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate livebirths | 32.4 | 25.9 | ||
| Death rate of male infants per 1,000 male livebirths | 25.0 | |||
| Death rate of female infants per 1,000 female livebirths | 19.5 | |||
| Neonatal deaths (under 4 weeks of age) (32 males, 29 females) | 61 | 9,663 | ||
| Males per 1,000 male livebirths | 14.3 | |||
| Females per 1,000 female livebirths | 13.5 | |||
| All infants per 1,000 livebirths | 13.9 | 12.3 | ||
| Early neonatal deaths (under 1 week of age) | 58 | 8,328 | ||
| (31 males, 27 females) Males per 1,000 male livebirths | 13.8 | |||
| Females per 1,000 female livebirths | 12.5 | |||
| All infants per 1,000 livebirths | 13.2 | 10.6 | ||
| Perinatal mortality (deaths under 1 week plus stillbirths) (62 males, 56 females) | 118 | 18,669 | ||
| Males per 1,000 live and still male births | 27.3 | |||
| Females per 1,000 live and still female births | 25.7 | |||
| All infants per 1,000 live and stillbirths | 26.5 | 23.4 | ||
| Reproductive wastage (stillbirths plus all infant deaths) | 158 | |||
| Males per 1,000 live and still male births | 38.3 | |||
| Females per 1,000 live and still female births | 32.5 | |||
| All infants per 1,000 live and stillbirths | 35.5 | 30.9 | ||
| Maternal deaths | 4 | |||
| Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live and stillbirths | 0.9 | |||