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Stoke Newington 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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7.
STATISTICS
Area of Borough - 863 acres. Street Mileage 26.37
Rateable Value at April, 1959 £705,321
Estimated Net Product of 1d. Rate £2,800
Registrar-General's Estimate of Population mid-1959 - 50,200
Births
Total
Legitimate
Illegitimate
Males
544
474
70
Females
516
457
52
1,060
931
129
Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated population 21.12
Area comparability factor 0.89
Number of stillbirths 22
Still-birth rate per 1,000 live and still births 20.33
Illegitimate live births per cent. of total live births 12.17
Deaths
Deaths (males 290: females 273) 563
Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated population 11.22
Area comparability factor 1.13
Deaths from maternal causes 1
Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live and still births .92
Deaths of infants under 1 year (males 88 females 11) 19
Infants under 1 year: Infant Mortality Rate
All Infants per 1,000 live births 17.92
Legitimate Infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 16.11
Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 31.00
Deaths of Infants under 4 weeks (males 6: females 9) 15
Neo Natal (first 4 weeks) mortality rate per 1,000 live
births 14.15