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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
Hornsey 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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STILL-BIRTHS
M
F
Total
Legitimate
10
8
18
Illegitimate
2
1
3
Still-birth Rate (per 1,000 total live and still-births)
Hornsey 15.3
England and Wales (provisional) 23.4
INFANT DEATHS (under 1 year of age)
M
F
Total
Legitimate
17
7
24
Illegitimate
.
2
2
17
9
26
Comparable Infant Death Rates (per 1,000 live births)
Hornsey 19.2
England and Wales (provisional) 25.5
Middlesex County 18.8
Neo-Natal Deaths (under 4 weeks of age)
M
F
Total
Legitimate
14
6
20
Illegitimate
1
1
Neo-Natal Death Rates
Hornsey 15.5
England and Wales (provisional) 17.7
Middlesex County 14.2
MATERNAL DEATH RATES
(per 1,000 total live and still-births)
Hornsey (two deaths) 1.45
Middlesex County (sixteen deaths) 0.53
DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES
Males 475
Females 534
1,009
Death Rate (per 1,000 population)
Hornsey 10.3
Area Comparability Factor 0.88
Adjusted Rate for Hornsey 9.06
England and Wales (provisional) 11.3
Middlesex County (adjusted rate) 9.9
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