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Edmonton 1963

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

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PART I. SOCIAL AND VITAL STATISTICS

Table: TABLE ISOCIAL STATISTICS

TABLE I

SOCIAL STATISTICS

Area 3,896 acres (6.09 square miles)
Population -
Census as 196192,062
Registrar General's estimate for mid-year 196390,770
Number of inhabited houses and separate dwellings at the end of 196330,834
Number of inhabited houses and separate dwellings at the end of 196230,548
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: TABLE IIVITAL STATISTICS

TABLE II

VITAL STATISTICS

M.F.TotalGrand Total
Live Births
Legitimate6316281,2591, 333
Illegitimate353974
(Percentage of live births)5.55
Birth rate per 1,000 population14.68
Corrected birth rate15.12
Still Births
Legitimate8311
Illegitimate---11
Still birth rate per 1,000 total live and still births8.18
Deaths
Number5115291,040
Rate per 1,000 population11.45
Corrected death rate per 1,000 population11.90
NumberNil
Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 total live and still birthsNil

Table: TABLE IIICOMPARATIVE STATISTICS

TABLE III

COMPARATIVE STATISTICS

Birth RateDeath RateInfant Mortality Rate
LiveStill
England and Wales18.2017.3012.2020.90
Middlesex (Crude)17.6015.0011.4018.70
Edmonton (Crude)14.688.1811.4524.00
Edmonton (Corrected)15.1211.90—