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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 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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VITAL STATISTICS
Area of the borough
8,579 acres.
England
Lewisham and Wales
Population
| Census 1961 | 290,582 | |
| Estimate of Registrar-General at midyear 1971 | 266,700 | 48,815,000 |
Rateable Value
| Rateable value of the borough at April 1, 1971 | £12,692,719 | |
| Estimated net product of a penny rate 1971-72 | £118,800 | |
| Estimated number of separately assessed dwellings at April 1, 1971 | 89,874 | |
Births
| Males | Females | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 1,716 | 1,674 | 3,390 | 717,491 |
| Illegitimate | 348 | 298 | 646 | 65,674 |
| Totals | 2,064 | 1,972 | 4,036 | 783,165 |
| Crude birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated population | 15.1 | 16.0 | ||
| Adjusted birth rate for comparative purposes (Area comparability factor—0.96) | 14.5 | 16.0 | ||
| Ratio of adjusted birth rate to national rate | 0.91 | 1.0 | ||
| Illegitimate live births as percentage of all live births | 16.0 | 8.0 | ||
Stillbirths
| Total (27 males and 19 females) | 46 | 9,898 |
| Rate per 1,000 live and stillbirths (males 12.9, females 9.5) | 11.0 | 12.5 |
Deaths
| Total 1,652 males, 1,679 females) | 3,331 | 567,345 |
| Crude death rate per 1,000 population | 12.5 | 11.6 |
| Adjusted death rate | ||
| (Area comparability factor—0.96) | 12.0 | 11.6 |
| Ratio of adjusted death rate to national rate | 1.03 | 1.0 |