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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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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VITAL STATISTICS
Area (acres) 2,871
Area of Parks and Open Spaces (acres) 576
Population: Registrar General's estimate at 30 June, 1960 96,570
Number of separately assessed dwellings 1st April, 1960 24,828
Rateable value (General Rate) at 1st April, 1960 - £1, 542, 566
Product of a penny rate 1960-61 (estimated) £6,340
TOTAL LIVE AND STILL-BIRTHS 1,926
LIVE BIRTHS
M. F. Total
Legitimate 896 815 1,711
Illegitimate 96 88 184 j
Illegitimate live births per cent of total of live births 9.7%
Birth Rate (live births per 1, 000 populat ion)
HORNSEY 19.6
Area Comparability Factor 0. 94
Adjusted Rate for Hornsey 18.4
England and Wales (provisional) 17.1
Middlesex County (adjusted rate) 1E. 4
STILL-BIRTHS
M. F. Total
Legitimate 9 15 24
Illegitimate 4 3 7
Still-birth Rate (per 1,000 total live and still-births)
HORNSEY 16.0
England and Wales (provisional)
INFANT DEATHS (under 1 year of age)
M. F. Total
Legitimate 20 14 34
Illegitimate 2 - 2
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