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VITAL STATISTICS
Area in acres 2,594
Population (Census 1951) 105,978
Population (Registrar-General's Estimate, 1958) 97,830
Assessable Value for General Rate Purposes £1,365,558
Genera] Rate in the £ (1959/60) 20s. 10d
The Registrar-General*s mid-year 1959 estimate of population (viz., 97,830) has
been used for the calculation of the following statistics:-
Live Births 1,204
Live Birth Rate per 1,000 population 12.30
Stillbirths 24
Stillbirth rate per 1,000 total (live and stillbirths) 19.54
Total Live and Stillbirths 1,228
Infant Deaths 13
Infant Mortality rate per 1,000 live births 10.79
,, ,, ,, ,, 1,000 legitimate births 11.32
,, ,, ,, ,, 1,000 illegitimate births
Neo-Natal Mortality Rate (first four week) per 1,000 related live
births 6.64
Early Neo-natal Mortality Rate (first week) per 1,000 related live
births 4.15
Peri-natal Mortality Rate (stillbirths and deaths during the first
week) per 1,000 total still and live births 23.61
Percentage of illegitimate live births 4.65
Maternal Deaths (including abortion)
Maternal Mortality Rate (including abortion) per 1,000 total live
births
Total Deaths 1,388
Death Rate 14.18
Natural Decrease of Population 184
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 RegistrarGeneral
has issued the following comparability factors for Leyton.
Area comparability factor for births 0.99
Area comparability factor for deaths 0.80
These factors, when applied to the crude rates, produce the
following adjusted rates:-
Live Births 12.18
Deaths 11.34
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