London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Lewisham 1972
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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VITAL STATISTICS
England
Lewi sham and Wales
AREA OF THE BOROUGH
8 ,579 acres
POPULATION
Census 1961 290,582
Estimate of Registrar-General at
midyear 1972 262,920 49,028 ,900
RATEABLE VALUE
Rateable value of the borough at
April 1, 1972 £12,814,290
Estimated net product of a penny
rate 1972-73 £113,800
Estimated number of separately
assessed dwellings at April 1, 1972 90,561
BIRTHS Males Females Total
Legitimate 1,563 1,472 3,035 662,907
Illegitimate 306 259 565 62,498
Totals 1,869 1,731 3,600 725,405
Crude birth rate per 1 000 of the
estimated population 13.7 14.8
Adjusted birth rate for comparative
purposes
(Area comparability factor - 0.98) 13.4 14.8
Ratio of adjusted birth rate to
national rate 0.91 1.0
Illegitimate live births as
percentage of all live births 16.0 9.0
STILLBIRTHS
Total (20 males and 15 females) 35 8,794
Rate per 1 000 live and stillbirths
(males 10.6, females 8.6) 9.6 12.0
DEATHS
Total 1 568 males, 1 658 females) 3,226 591 ,907
Crude death rate per 1 000 population 12.3 12.1
Adjusted death rate
(Area comparability factor - 0.95) 11.7 12.1
Ratio of adjusted death rate to national
rate 0.97 1.0
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