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Tower Hamlets 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tower Hamlets, London Borough]
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Numbers in brackets relate to equivalent whole-time.
| SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, 1969 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Area of Borough (Acres) Population: | 4, 876 | Rateable Value (1st April) | £15,120,322 | |
| Mid-year estimate | 188, 080 | Sum represented by a penny rate (1969-1970) | £56,750 | |
| Census, 1966 | 196, 830 | |||
| (Revised 1970 | 201,280) | General Rate (1969-1970) Dwelling houses | 12s. lid. in £ | |
| Census, 1961 | 205, 682 | |||
| Density of population (persons per acre) | 38.57 | |||
| Mixed hereditaments | 13s. 7d. in £ | |||
| Number of inhabited dwellings according to Rate Books at 1st April, 1969 | 62, 843 | |||
| " " structurally separate dwellings - Census 1961 | 59, 885 | |||
| " " private households - Census 1961 | 67, 858 | |||
| B i r t h s | Total | Male | Fema1e | |
| All Births | 2,646 | 1,332 | 1,314 | |
| Live Births Legitimate | 2,308 | 1,163 | 1, 145 | |
| Illegitimate | 304 | 156 | 148 | |
| Total: | 2,612 | 1,319 | 1,293 | |
| Still Births Legitimate | 31 | 12 | 19 | |
| Illegitimate | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Total: | 34 | 13 | 21 | |
| Deaths | ||||
| All Causes | 2,315 | 1,260 | 1,055 | |
| Maternal | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Infants under 1 year Legitimate | 34 | 19 | 15 | |
| Illegitimate | 12 | 7 | 5 | |
| Total: | 46 | 26 | 20 | |
| Rates | ||||
| Live birth-rate per 1, 000 population | 13.88 | |||
| Death rate per 1,000 population | 12.31 | |||
| Still-birth rate per 1,000 total births | 12. 85 | |||
| Maternal death rate per 1, 000 total births | 0.76 | |||
| Infant death rate (under 1 year) per 1, 000 live births. | 17.61 | |||
| Legitimate infant death rate per 1, 000 legitimate live births | 14.73 | |||
| Illegitimate infant death rate per 1, 000 illegitimate live births | 39.47 | |||
| Neo-natal death rate (under 4 weeks) per 1, 000 live births | 11. 86 | |||
| Early neo-natal death rate (under 1 week) per 1, 000 live births | 9. 95 | |||
| Perinatal death rate (still births plus deaths under 1 week) per 1, 000 total births | 22.67 | |||
| Illegitimate live births per cent of total live births | 11.63 | |||
| Area Comparability Factors Births | 0.92 | Deaths | 1.19 | |