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INFANT MORTALITY
Peaths of Infants under 1 year of age)
Males Females Total
Legitimate 38 28 66
Illegitimate 4 3 7
Infant Mortality rate per 1,000 total live births 18
Legitimate infant deaths per 1,000 legitimate live births 18
Illegitimate infant deaths per 1,000 illegitimate live births 23
Infant mortality rate for Greater London per 1,000 live births 17.1
Infant mortality rate for England and Wales "17
Neonatal mortality rate (deaths under four weeks per 1,000
total live births) 13
Neonatal mortality rate for Greater London 11.7
Neonatal mortality rate for England and Wales 12
Early neonatal mortality rate (deaths under one week per
1,000 total live births) 12
Early neonatal mortality rate for Greater London 9.8
Early neonatal mortality rate for England and Wales 10
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VITAL AND OTHER STATISTICS
Population (mid year 1972) 306,550
Area (Acres) 37,583
Density of population (persons per acre) 8.15
Rateable value as at 1.4.72 £17,740,000
Product of 1 p Rate £172,300
Rate in pound 1972/1973 (Domestic) 79p
BIRTHS
Live births 3,971
Males Females Total
Legitimate 1869 1801 3670
Illegitimate 155 146 301
Crude birth rate per 1,000 estimated total population 13.0
Adjusted birth rate for comparison with other areas 13.1
(Area comparability factor for births 1.01)
Illegitimate live births: 8% of all live births
Crude birth rate for Greater London 14.1
Birth rate for England and Wales 14.8
StilIbirths 46
Males Females Total
Legitimate 26 16 42
Illegitimate . 4 4
Stillbirth rate for 1,000 live and stillbirths 11.0
Stillbirth rate for Greater London 11.2
Stillbirth rate for England and Wales 12.0
Total births (live arid Still) 4,017
Males Females Total
Legitimate 1895 1817 3712
Illegitimate 155 150 305
Total of all live
and stillbirths 2050 1 967 4017