London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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Infant Mortality Rates (per 1,000 live births)
HORNSEY: Legitimate 24.0
Illegitimate 34. 2
Total 24.8
England and Wales (provisional) 22.2
Middlesex County 19.4
NEO-NATAL DEATHS
(under 4 weeks of age)
M. F. Total
Legitimate 23 11 34
Illegitimate 1 2 3
Neo-Natal Mortality Rates
HORNSEY 21.4
England and Wales (provisional) 15.8
Early Neo-Natal Deaths
(under 1 week of age)
M. F. Total
Legitimate 22 11 33
Illegitimate 1 2 3
Early Neo-Natal Mortality Rates
Legitimate 20.8
Illegitimate 20.5
Total 20.8
PERI-NATAL DEATHS
(early neo-natal deaths plus still-births)
M. F. Total
Legitimate 34 21 55
Illegitimate 2 2 4
Peri-Natal Mortality Rates
(per 1,000 total live and still-births)
Legitimate 34.2
Illegitimate 27.2
Total 33.6
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