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 1960
[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 19.9
Illegitimate 10.9
Total 19.0
England and Wales (provisional) 21.7
Middlesex County 18.6
NEO-NATAL DEATHS
(under 4 weeks of age)
M. F. Total
Legitimate 13 12 25
Illegitimate 2 - 2
Neo-Natal Mortality Rates
HORNSEY 14.2
England and Wales (provisional) 15. 6
Early Neo-Natal Deaths
(under 1 week of age)
M. F. Total
Legitimate 12 11 23
Illegitimate 2 - 2
Early Neo-Natal Mortality Rates
Legitimate 13.4
Illegitimate 10.9
Total 13.2
PERI-NATAL DEATHS
(early neo-natal deaths plus still-births)
M. F. Total
Legitimate 21 26 47
Illegitimate 6 3 9
Peri-Natal Mortality Rates
(per 1,000 total live and still-births)
Legitimate 23.5
Illegitimate 47.1
Total 29.1
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