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Poplar 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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EXTRACTS PROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR
Males Females Total
Live Births: Legitimate 590 601 1,191
Illegitimate 78 76 154
Birth Rate per 1,000 estimated resident population 19.82
Stillbirths: Legitimate 15 7 22
Illegitimate 3 3 6
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 20.39
Total live and still births 1,373
Deaths 401 349 750
Death rate per 1,000 estimated resident population 11.05
Deaths of Infants under one year of age:
Legitimate 15 10 25
Illegitimate 3 3 6
Death rate of Infants under one year of age :
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 20.99
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 38.96
All infants per 1,000 live births 23.04
Neo-natal mortality rate (under 4 weeks) per 1,000 live births 12.63
Illegitimate Live births per cent of total live births 11.44
Early Neo-natal mortality rate (under 1 week) per 1,000 Live
births 11.15
Perinatal mortality rate (stillbirths and deaths under 1 week
combined) per 1,000 live and still births 31.31
Maternal deaths
(including abortion) 1
Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live and
stillbirths
-13-