Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tower Hamlets, London Borough]
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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, 1970
Area of Borough(Acres) Population: | 4,876 | Rateable Value(1st April) 1970 | £15,009,795 | |||
Mid-year estimate | 182,260 | Sum represented by a penny rate(1970-1971) | £56,850 | |||
(Revised 1970) | 205,682 | General Rate(1970-1971) Dwelling houses | 14s.5d.in £ | |||
Density of population(persons per acre) | 37.38 | Mixed hereditaments | 15s. 3d.in £ | |||
Number of inhabited dewelling according to rate Books at ist April 1970 | 62,189 | |||||
" " structurally separate dwelling-Census 1961 | 59,885 | |||||
" " private households-Census 1961 | 67,858 | |||||
Births | Total | Male | Female | |||
A11 Births | ... | 2,503 | 1,299 | 1,204 | ||
Live Births | Legitimate | 2,138 | 1,112 | 1,026 | ||
Illegitimate | 333 | 173 | 160 | |||
Total: | 2,471 | 1,285 | 1,186 | |||
Still Births | Legitimate | 26 | 11 | 15 | ||
Illegitimate | 6 | 3 | 3 | |||
Total: | 32 | 14 | 18 | |||
Deaths | ||||||
All Causes | ... | 2,170 | 1,150 | 1, 020 | ||
Maternal | ... | 1 | - | 1 | ||
Infants under 1 year | Legitimate | 43 | 30 | 13 | ||
Illegitimate | 7 | 5 | 2 | |||
Total: | 50 | 35 | 15 | |||
Rates | ||||||
Live birth-rate per 1, 000 population | 13.55 | |||||
Death rate per 1,000 population | 11.91 | |||||
Still- birth rate per 1, 000 total births | 12.78 | |||||
Maternal death rate per 1, 000 total births | 0.40 | |||||
Infant death rate (under 1 year) per 1, 000 live births | 20.23 | |||||
Legitimate infant death rate per 1, 000 legitimate live births | 20.11 | |||||
Illegitimate infant death rate per 1, 000 illegitimate live births | 21.02 | |||||
Neo-natal death rate (under 4 weeks) per 1, 000 live births | 13.35 | |||||
Early neo-natal death rate (under 1 week) per 1, 000 live births | 12.14 | |||||
Perinatal death rate (still births plus deaths under 1 week) per 1, 000 total births | 24.77 | |||||
Illegitimate live births per cent of total live births | 13.47 | |||||
Area Comparability Factors Births | 0.92 | Deaths | 1.19 |
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