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 1963 | 90,770 | |
Number of inhabited houses and separate dwellings at the end of 1963 | 30,834 | |
Number of inhabited houses and separate dwellings at the end of 1962 | 30,548 | |
Rateable value, April 1963 | £5,339,230 | |
Estimated product of 1d. rate in the £ for the year ending 31st March, 1964. | £21,300 | |
Rate in the £ for the year ending 31st March, 1964. | 7s. 10d. |
TABLE II
VITAL STATISTICS
M. | F. | Total | Grand Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Live Births | ||||
Legitimate | 631 | 628 | 1,259 | 1, 333 |
Illegitimate | 35 | 39 | 74 | |
(Percentage of live births) | 5.55 | |||
Birth rate per 1,000 population | 14.68 | |||
Corrected birth rate | 15.12 | |||
Still Births | ||||
Legitimate | 8 | 3 | 11 | |
Illegitimate | - | - | - | 11 |
Still birth rate per 1,000 total live and still births | 8.18 | |||
Deaths | ||||
Number | 511 | 529 | 1,040 | |
Rate per 1,000 population | 11.45 | |||
Corrected death rate per 1,000 population | 11.90 | |||
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 | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Live | Still | |||
England and Wales | 18.20 | 17.30 | 12.20 | 20.90 |
Middlesex (Crude) | 17.60 | 15.00 | 11.40 | 18.70 |
Edmonton (Crude) | 14.68 | 8.18 | 11.45 | 24.00 |
Edmonton (Corrected) | 15.12 | 11.90 | — |