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Hornsey 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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VITAL STATISTICS
Area (acres) 2,872
Area of Parks and Open Spaces (acres) 576
Population: Registrar General's estimate at 30 June, 1957 96,890
Number of separately assessed habitable premises according
to Rate Books 24,555
Rateable value (General Rate £1,483,452
Product of a penny rate £6,032
LIVE BIRTHS
M F Total
Legitimate 775 700 1,475
Illegitimate 58 37 95
Birth Rate (live births per 1,000 population)
Hornsey 16.2
Area Comparability Factor 0.93
Adjusted Rate for Hornsey 15.1
England and Wales (provisional) 16.1
Middlesex County (adjusted rate) 13.8
STILL-BIRTHS
M F Total
Legitimate 21 15 36
Illegitimate 2 1 3
Still-birth Rate (per 1,000 total live and still-births)
Hornsey 24.2
England and Wales (provisional) 22.4
INFANT DEATHS (under 1 year of age)
M F Total
Legitimate 16 6 22
Illegitimate 4 1 5
Infant Death Rates (per 1,000 live births)
Hornsey 17.2
England and Wales (provisional) 23.0
Middlesex County 17.7
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