London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1972
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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England
Lewisham and Wales
INFANT MORTALITY
Infant deaths (all deaths of live born children under one year)
| Males | Females | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 38 | 19 | 57 | 11,177 |
| Illegitimate | 11 | 4 | 15 | 1,317 |
| Totals | 49 | 23 | 72 | 12,494 |
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| Death rate of all infants per 1,000 livebirths | 17.22 | |
| Death rate of legitimate infants per 1,000 legitiate livebirths | 16.9 | |
| Death rate of illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate livebirths | 26.5 | |
| Death rate of male infants per 1,000 male livebirths | ||
| Death rate of female infants per 1,000 female livebirths | 13.3 | |
| Neonatal deaths (under 4 weeks of age) (36 males, 13 females) | 49 | 8,373 |
| Males per 1,000 male livebirths | 19.3 | |
| Females per 1,000 female livebirths | 7.5 | |
| All infants per 1,000 livebirths | 13.6 | 11.5 |
| Early Neonatal deaths (under 1 week of age) (32 males, 12 females) | 44 | 7,142 |
| Males per 1,000 male livebirths | 17.1 | |
| Females per 1,000 female livebirths | 6.9 | |
| All infants per 1,000 livebirths | 9.8 | |
| Perinatal mortality (deaths under 1 week plus stillbirths) | 79 | 15,936 |
| (52 males, 27 females) Males per 1,000 live and still male | 27.5 | |
| births Females per 1,000 live and still female | ||
| births | 15.5 | |
| All infants per 1,000 live and stillbirths | 21.7 | 21.7 |
| Reproductive wastage (stillbirths plus all infant deaths) | 107 | |
| Males per 1,000 live and still male births | 36.5 | |
| Females per 1,000 live and still female births | ||
| All infants per 1,000 live and still births | 29.4 | 29.0 |