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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Croydon 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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VITAL STATISTICS - GREATER LONDON 1968
Dr. B. Benjamin, the Director of the Research and Intelligence Unit of tie Greater London Council has supplied the following information.
| Inner London | Outer London | Greater London | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live births, crude rate per 1,000 population | 16.9 | 16.1 | 16.4 |
| Illegitimate live births, per cent of total | 15.5 | 8.7 | 11.5 |
| Stillbirths per 1,000 live and stillbirths | 13.1/ | 13.7 | 13.5 |
| All deaths, crude rate per 1,000 per 1,000 population | 11.9 | 11.4 | 11.6 |
| Infant mortality, per 1,000 live births | |||
| Under 1 year | 19.8 | 17.7 | 18.6 |
| Neo-natal | 14.0/ | 12.1/ | 12.8 |
| Early neo-natal | 12.4/ | 10.7/ | 11.4 |
| Perinatal (per 1,000 live and stillbirths) | 25.3 | 24.3 | 24.7 |
| Maternal mortality, per 1,000 live and stillbirths (excluding deaths due to abortion) | .21// | .9// | .20// |
/ figure based upon less than 1,000 occurrences
// figure based upon less than 100 occurrences
The area comparability factors for Greater London are: Births 0.93
Deaths 1.01
Form SD.25 was changed in 1968 and the Registrar General now lists
deaths due to abortion and deaths due to other complications of childbirth
and pregnancy separately. In these figures I have excluded the deaths due
to abortion but for comparison with 1967 the maternal mortality rates including
them are as follows:—
0.58// 0.27// 0.39//