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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 1958

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]

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Table: VITAL STATISTICS

VITAL STATISTICS

Area (acres)2,872
Area of Parks and Open Spaces (acres)576
Population: Registrar General's estimate at 30 June, 195896,670
Number of separately assessed dwellings 1st April, 195824,528
Rateable value (General Rate)£1,483,452
Product of a penny rate 1958-59£6,038
TOTAL LIVE AND STILL-BIRTHS1,777
LIVE BIRTHS
M.F.Total
Legitimate8397611,600
Illegitimate7966145
Illegitimate live births per cent of total live births9.1%
Birth Rate (live births per 1,000 population)
HORNSEY18.1
Area Comparability Factor0.93
Adjusted Rate for Hornsey16.8
England and Wales (provisional)16.4
Middlesex County (adjusted rate)14.2
STILL-BIRTHS
M.F.Total
Legitimate201030
Illegitimate2.2
Still-birth Rate (per 1,000 total live and still-births)
HORNSEY18.1
England and Wales (provisional)21.6
INFANT DEATHS (under 1 year of age)
M.F.Total
Legitimate191130
Illegitimate3.3
Infant Mortality Rates (per 1,000 live births)
HORNSEY: Legitimate18.8
Illegitimate20.7
Total18.9
England and Wales (provisional)22.6
Middlesex County18.9