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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

Edmonton 1960

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

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PART I. SOCIAL AND VITAL STATISTICS

Table: TABLE I SOCIAL STATISTICS

TABLE I SOCIAL STATISTICS

Area3,896 acres (6.09 square miles)
Population - Census as 1951104,270
Registrar General's estimate for mid-year 196093,890
Number of inhabited houses and separate dwellings at the end of 196030,301
Number of inhabited houses and separate dwellings at the end of 195928,371
Rateable value, April 1960£1,622,522
Estimated product of 1d. rate in the £ for the year ending 31st March, 1961£6,730
Rate in the £ for the year ending 31st March, 1961.20s. 2d.

Table: TABLE II VITAL STATISTICS

TABLE II VITAL STATISTICS

M.F.TotalGrand Total
Live Births Legitimate6535981,2511,321
Illegitimate304070
(Percentage of live births)5.30
Birth rate per 1,000 population14.07
Corrected birth rate14.07
Still Births Legitimate1081820
Illegitimate2-2
Still birth rate per 1,000 total live and still births14.91
Deaths Number494466960
Rate per 1,000 population10.22
Corrected death rate per 1,000 population11.24
Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 total live and still birthsNIL

Table: TABLE III COMPARATIVE STATISTICS

TABLE III COMPARATIVE STATISTICS

Birth RateDeath RateInfant Mortality Rate
LiveStill
England and Wales17.1019.7011. 5021.70
Middlesex (Crude)15.7016.0010.3018.60
Edmonton (Crude)14.0714.8410.2223.46
Edmonton (Corrected)14.07-11.24-