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 1961
[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 26.8
Illegitimate 44.8
Total 28.8
England and Wales (provisional) 21.6
Middlesex County 20.4
NEO-NATAL DEATHS
(under 4 weeks of age)
M. F. Total
Legitimate 19 19 38
Illegitimate 6 3 9
Neo-Natal Mortality Rates
HORNSEY 23.4
England and Wales (provisional) 15.5
Early Neo-Natal Deaths
(under 1 week of age)
M. F. Total
Legitimate 15 16 31
Illegitimate 4 3 7
Early Neo-Natal Mortality Rates
Legitimate 17.3
Illegitimate 31.4
Total 18.9
PERI-NATAL DEATHS
(early neo-natal deaths plus still-births)
M. F. Total
Legitimate 26 30 56
Illegitimate 5 6 11
Peri-Natal Mortality Rates
(per 1, COO total live and still-births)
HORNSEY: Legitimate 30.9
Illegitimate 48.5
Total 32.8
England and Wales (provisional) 32.2
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