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LONDON ADMINISTRATIVE COUNTY
VITAL STATISTICS, 1960
Figures in brackets are for 1959
Population: Area comparability factors:
Males 1.494,000 3,194,000(3,204,000) Births 0.90(0.90)
Females 1,700,000 Deaths 0.98 (0.98)
Number of marriages registered: 32,677 (32,356)
Live births:
Legitimate 50,838 (49,426) „ ,, Illegitimate live births
Illegitimate .. 6,530 (5,765) 57,368 (55191) per cent, of total live births: 11 .4 (10.4)
Live birth rate per 1,000 population: 18.0 (17.2) (adjusted rate 16.2 (15.5))
Stillbirths:
Legitimate 911 (918)1,052 (1,085)
Illegitimate 141 (167)
Stillbirth rate per 1,000 live and stillbirths 18.0 (19.3)
Total live and stillbirths: 58,420 (56,276)
Deaths:
Males 18,534 (19,471)
Females 17,987 (18,756) 36,521 (38,227)
Death rate per 1,000 population: 11.4 (11.9) (adjusted rate 11.2 (11.7) )
Deaths of infants:
Legitimate Illegitimate Total
Under 1 month 761 (750) 125 (116) 886 (866)
1 month to 1 year 307 (337) 39 (35) 346 (372)
Total under 1 year 1,068 (1,087) 164 (151) 1,232 (1,238)
Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) 21.01 (22.00) 25.11 (26.19) 21.48 (22.43)
Neo.natal mortality rate „ „ „ „ 14.97 (13.59) 19.14 (21.02) 15.44 (15.69)
Early neo.natal mortality rate: „ „ „ „ 13.04 (13.21) 16.39 (17.52) 13.42 (13.66)
Peri.natal mortality rate (per 1,000 total births) 30.42 (31.21) 37.18 (45.18) 31.19 (32.68)
Maternal mortality:
Rate per 1,000
Post. Other pregnancy live and
abortion and childbirth Total stillbirths
Deaths from sepsis 9 (8) — (—) 9 (8)
Deaths from other causes 2 (4) 15 (22) 17 (26)
Total 11 (12) 15 (22) 26(34) 0.45 (0.60)
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