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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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England
Lewisham and Wales

Table: Infant mortalityInfant deaths (all deaths of live born children under one year)

Infant mortality

Infant deaths (all deaths of live born children under one year)

MalesFemalesTotal
Legitimate41337412,140
Illegitimate127191,586
Totals53409313,726
Death rate of all infants per 1,000 livebirths23.017.5
Death rate of legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate livebirths21.816.9
Death rate of illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate livebirths29.424.1
Death rate of male infants per 1,000 male livebirths25.7
Death rate of female infants per 1,000 female livebirths20.3
Neonatal deaths (under 4 weeks of age) (35 males, 24 females)599,113
Males per 1,000 male livebirths16.9
Females per 1,000 female livebirths12.2
All infants per 1,000 livebirths14.611.6
Early neonatal deaths (under 1 week of age) (33 males, 22 females)557,750
Males per 1,000 male livebirths16.0
Females per 1,000 female livebirths11.2
All infants per 1,000 livebirths13.69.9
Perinatal mortality (deaths under 1 week plus stillbirths) (60 males, 41 females)10117.648
Males per 1,000 live and still male births28.7
Females per 1,000 live and still female births20.6
All infants per 1,000 live and stillbirths24.722.3
Reproductive wastage (stillbirths plus all infant deaths)139
Males per 1,000 live and still male births38.3
Females per 1,000 live and still female births29.6
All infants per 1,000 live and stillbirths34.129.8

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Maternal deaths
Maternal deaths
Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live and stillbirths
13