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Leyton 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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Extract from Vital Statistics for the year 1952.
Population 104,200
Live Births :—
Legitimate Males 667
Females 632
Illegitimate Males 27
Females 29
Totals 1,355
Birth rate per 1,000 of population 13.00
Stillbirths :—
Males 11
Females 19
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 21.66
Deaths :—
Males 635
Females 585
Totals 1,220
Death Rate per 1,000 11.70
Number of women dying from diseases and accidents
of pregnancy and childbirth :—
From Sepsis 0
From other causes 1
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still)
births 72
Death rate of infants under one year of age :—
All infants per 1,000 live births 27.30
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live
births 25.09
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate
live births 53.57
The natural increase of population (i.e. excess of births over
deaths) was 135.
Comparability Factor
To make approximate allowance for the way in which the
sex and age distribution of the Borough population differs from
that for England and Wales as a whole, the Registrar General has
issued the following comparability factors for Leyton.
Area comparability factor for births 0.93
Area comparability factor for deaths 0.96