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Edmonton 1961

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

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PART I. SOCIAL AND VITAL STATISTICS

TABLE I SOCIAL STATISTICS

Area3,896 acres (6.09 square miles)
Population -
Census as 196192,062
Registrar General's estimate for mid-year 196191,690
Number of inhabited houses and separate dwellings at the end of 196130,359
Number of inhabited houses and separate dwellings at the end of 196030,301
Rateable value, April 1961£1, 645,701
Estimated product of 1d. rate in the £ for the year ending 31st March, 1962£6,940
Rate in the £ for the year ending 31st March, 196220s. 8d

TABLE II VITAL STATISTICS

Live Births
Legitimate6355941,2291,297
Illegitimate363268
(Percentage of live births)5.24
Birth rate per 1,000 population14.14
Corrected birth rate14.28
Still Births
Legitimate11142526
Illegitimate1-1
Still birth rate per 1,000 total live and still births19.65
Deaths
Number5015301,031
Rate per 1,000 population11.24
Corrected death rate per 1,000 population12.25
Number1
Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 total live and still births0.75

TABLE III COMPARATIVE STATISTICS

Birth RateDeath RateInfant Mortality Rate
LiveStill
England and Wales17.4018.7012.0021.40
Middlesex (Crude)16.3015.4010.8020.40
Edmonton (Crude)14.1419.6511.2421.58
Edmonton (Corrected)14.28-12.25-

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