Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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PART I. SOCIAL AND VITAL STATISTICS
TABLE I SOCIAL STATISTICS
Area | 3,896 acres (6.09 square miles) | |
Population- | ||
Census as 1961 | 92,062 | |
Registrar General's estimate for mid-year 1962 | 91,440 | |
Number of inhabited houses and separate dwellings at the end of 1962 | 30,548 | |
Number of inhabited houses and separate dwellings at the end of 1961 | 30,359 | |
Rateable value, April 1962 | £1,673,155 | |
Estimated product of 1d. rate in the £ for the year ending 31st March, 1963 | £6,980 | |
Rate in the £ for the year ending 31st March, 1963 | 22s. 3d. |
TABLE II VITAL STATISTICS
M. | F. | Total | Grand Total | ||
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Live Births | |||||
Legitimate | 667 | 615 | 1,282 | 1,372 | |
Illegitimate | 49 | 41 | 90 | ||
(Percentage of live births) | 6.55 | ||||
Birth rate per 1,000 population | 15.00 | ||||
Corrected birth rate | 15.15 | ||||
Still Births | |||||
Legitimate | 8 | 20 | 28 | 31 | |
Illegitimate | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
Still birth rate per 1,000 total live and still births | 22.09 | ||||
Deaths | |||||
Number | 522 | 487 | 1,009 | ||
Rate per 1,000 population | 11.03 | ||||
Corrected death rate per 1,000 population | 11.69 | ||||
Number | Nil | ||||
Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 total live and still births | Nil |
TABLE III COMPARATIVE STATISTICS
Birth Rate | Death Rate | Infant Mortality Rate | ||
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Live | Still | |||
England and Wales | 18.00 | 18.lO | 11.90 | 21.40 |
Middlesex (Crude) | 17.20 | 15.80 | 11.00 | 19.00 |
Edmonton (Crude) | 15.00 | 22.09 | 11.03 | 18.95 |
Edmonton (Corrected) | 15.15 | - | 11.69 | - |