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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
Ealing 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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| Area (in acres) | 13,708 | ||||||||
| Population (Census, 1961) | 299,762 | ||||||||
| Population (estimated middle of 1966) | 303,940 | ||||||||
| Rateable value, 1st April, 1966 | £23,173,977 | ||||||||
| Net product of penny rate, 1966/67 | £94,500 | ||||||||
| Live births:- | |||||||||
| Legitimate males | 2,577 | Females | 2,536 | Total | 5,113 | ||||
| Illegitimate males | 276 | Females | 251 | Total | 527 | ||||
| Birth rate per 1,000 of estimated population | 18.6 | ||||||||
| Illegitimate livebirths(per cent of total live births) | 9.3% | ||||||||
| Sti I Ibirths:- | |||||||||
| Males. | 47 | Females. | 43 | Total | 90 | ||||
| Rate per 1,000 total births (live and still-births) | 15.7 | ||||||||
| Deaths:- | |||||||||
| Males- | 1,765 | Females. | 1,814 | Total | 3,579 | ||||
| Death-rate per 1,000 of estimated population | 11.8 | ||||||||
| Deaths of infants under one year of age:- | |||||||||
| Legitimate males | 50 | Females | 41 | Total | 91 | ||||
| Illegitimate males | 8 | Females | 4 | Total | 12 | ||||
| Death-rates of infants under one year of age:- | |||||||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 18.3 | ||||||||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 17.8 | ||||||||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 22.8 | ||||||||
| Neo-natal mortality rate (deaths under four weeks per 1,000 total live births) | 13.1 | ||||||||
| Early neo-natal mortality rate (deaths under one week per 1,000 total live births) | 11.0 | ||||||||
| Perinatal mortality rate (still-births and deaths under one week combined per 1,000 total live and still-births) | 26.5 | ||||||||
| Maternal mortality (including abortions):- | |||||||||
| Number of deaths | Nil | ||||||||
| Rate per 1,000 live and still-births | Nil | ||||||||