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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
Poplar 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR
Males Females TOTAL
Live Births: Legitimate 570 564 1,134
Illegitimate 36 33 69
Birth Rate per 1,000 estimated resident population: 17.5
Stillbirths: Legitimate 14 7 21
Illegitimate 2 1 3
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births: 19.6
Deaths 386 350 736
Death rate per 1,000 estimated resident population: 10.7
Deaths of Infants under one year of age:
Legitimate 9 15 24
Illegitimate 2 4 6
Death rate of Infants under one year of age:
All infants per 1,000 live births: 24.9
Legitimate infants per 1,000
legitimate live births: 21.2
Illegitimate Infants per 1,000
illegitimate live births: 86.9
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