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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Havering 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Havering]
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GENERAL STATISTICS
Area in Acres 29.550
Population (Registrar-General's Estimate for Mid 1965) 250,430
Number of Inhabited Houses as at 31.12.65 75,847
Rateable Value as at 31.12.65 £11,757,920
Estimated product of a penny rate £47,750
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR
Live Births—Legitimate Male 2112 Female 2052 Total 4164
Illegitimate „ 98 „ 92 „ 190
Total „ 2210 „ 2144 „ 4354
Birth Rate per 1,000 population 15.99
Illegitimate live births (percentage of total live births) 4.36%
Still Births—Legitimate Male 25 Female 36 Total 61
Illegitimate „ 1 „ 2 „ 3
Total „ 26 .. 38 64
Total live and still births 4,418
Still Birth Rate (Per 1,000 Live and Still Births) 14.49
Infant Deaths (under one year)—
Legitimate Male 34 Female 25 Total 59
Illegitimate 2 „ 1 „ 3
Total „ 36 „ 26 „ 62
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