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Stoke Newington 1962

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]

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STATISTICS
Area of Borough - 863 acres
Rateable Value at April, 1962
Estimated Net Product of 1d. Rate
Street Mileage 26.37
£709,881
£2,865
Registrar-General's Estimate of Population mid-1962 - 52,950
Births
Total
Leqitimate
Illegitimate
Males
666
553
113
Females
605
525
80
1,271
1,078
193
Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated population 24.00
Area comparability factor 0.89
Number of still-births 28
Still-birth rate per 1,000 live and still-births 21.55
Illegitimate live births per cent. of total live births 15.18
Deaths
Deaths (males 286: females 275) 561
Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated population 10.59
Area comparability factor 1.16
Deaths from maternal causes 2
Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live and still births 1.54
Deaths of infants under 1 year (males 11: females 12) 23
Infants under 1 years Infant Mortality Rate
All infants per 1,000 live births 18.09
Legitimate Infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 12.99
Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 46.63
Deaths of Infants under 4 weeks (males 7: females 9) 16
Neo Natal (first 4 weeks) mortality rate per 1,000 live births 12.59
Deaths of Infants under 1 week of age (males 5: females7) 12
Early Neo Natal (under one week) mortality rate per 1,000 live
births 9.44
Perinatal (still births and deaths under 1 week combined)
mortality rate per 1,000 live and still births 30.79