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Tower Hamlets 1967

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tower Hamlets, London Borough]

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Table: SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, 1967

SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, 1967

Area of Borough (Acres) Population:4, 994Rateable Value (1st April)£14, 897, 024
Mid-year estimate198,230Sum represented by a penny rate (1967-68)£62,107
Census, 1966205, 682General Rate (1967-68)
Density of population (persons per acre)40. 67Dwelling houses Other hereditaments11s. l1d. in £ 12s. 4d. in £
Number of inhabited dwellings according to Rate Books at 1st April, 196762,107
" structurally separate dwellings - Census 196159, 885
" " private households - Census 196167,858
BirthsTotalMaleFemale
All Births3,3171, 6661, 651
Live BirthsLegitimate.2, 8211,4121,409
Illegitimate441223218
Total:3,2621, 6351, 627
Still- BirthsLegitimate.482919
Illegitimate725
Total:553124
Deaths
All Causes2, 1301, 174956
Maternal1-1
Infants under 1 yearLegitimate.482622
Illegitimate853
Total:563125
Rates
Live birth-rate per 1, 000 population16.45
Death rate per 1, 000 population10.74
Still- birth rate per 1, 000 total births16.58
Maternal death rate per 1, 000 total births0.30
Infant death rate (under 1 year) per 1, 000 live births17.16
Legitimate infant death rate per 1, 000 legitimate live births17.01
Illegitimate infant death rate per 1, 000 illegitimate live births15.87
Neo-natal death rate (under 4 weeks) per 1, 000 live births11.34
Early neo-natal death rate (under 1 week) per 1, 000 live births8.89
Perinatal death rate (stillbirths plus deaths under 1 week) per 1,000 total births25.32
Illegitimate live births per cent of total live births13.52
Area Comparability FactorsBirths0.93Deaths1.15

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