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Haringey 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Haringey]
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| Area of District (in acres) | 7,491 | ||
| Population - | |||
| Mid-year 1965 Registrar General's estimate | 256,750 | ||
| Rateable Value as at 1st April 1965 | £13,277,781 | ||
| Sum represented by penny rate | £54,000 | ||
| Approximate Number of Dwellings in District | 70,842 | ||
| Registered live births: | |||
| Males | 2,848 | ||
| Females | 2,763 | 5,611 | |
| Birth rate per 1,000 estimated population | 21.85 | ||
| No. of live births which were illegitimate | 726 | ||
| (12.94%). | |||
| Stillbirths: | |||
| Males | 34 | ||
| Females | 46 | 80 | |
| Stillbirth rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 14.06 | ||
| No. of stillbirths which were illegitimate | 11 | ||
| (13.75%) | |||
| Deaths: | |||
| Males | 1,386 | ||
| Females | 1,479 | 2,865 | |
| Death rate per 1,000 estimated population | 11.16 | ||
| Maternal Mortality: | |||
| Deaths from Puerperal Causes | 3 | ||
| Death rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 0.527 | ||
| Deaths of infants under 1 year of age (Infant Mortality) | |||
| (a) Legitimate | Males | 40 | |
| Females | 37 | 77 | |
| Death rate per 1,000 legitimate live births | 15.76 | ||
| (b) Illegitimate | Males | 12 | |
| Females | 11 | 23 | |
| Death rate per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 31.68 | ||
| (c) Total | Males | 52 | |
| Females | 48 | 100 | |
| Death rate per 1,000 total live births | 17.82 | ||
| Deaths of Infants under 4 week (Neo-natal Mortality) | 73 | ||
| Rate per 1,000 live births | 13.01 | ||
| Deaths of Infants under 1 week (Early Neo-natal Mortality) | 66 | ||
| Rate per 1,000 live births | 11.76 | ||
| Stillbirths and deaths under 1 week (Perinatal Mortality) | 146 | ||
| Rate per 1,000 live and still births | 25.65 | ||
Comparability Factors
To enable local vital statistics to be compared with other districts or with national figures, the
Registrar General issues comparability factors for correcting crude birth and death rates. These factors
make allowance for the way in which the sex and age distribution of the local population differs from that
for England and Wales as a whole. The death rate comparability factor has been adjusted specifically to
take account of the presence of residential institutions in the area.
To compare the crude 1965 rates for Haringey with the national rates, Haringey's figures must first
be multiplied by the appropriate comparability factors, which are 0.92 for births and 0.97 for deaths.
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