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Leyton 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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| Area in acres | 2, 594 |
| Population (Census 1951) | 105,978 |
| Population (Registrar-General's Estimate, 1960) | 96,870 |
| Assessable Value for General Rate Purposes | £1,366,766 |
| General Rate in the-£ (1960/61) | 22s.8d |
| The Registrar-General's mid-year 1960 estimate of population (viz., 96,870)has been used for the calculation of the following statistics:- | |
| Live Births | 1, 260 |
| Live Birth Rate per 1,000 population | 13.00 |
| Stillbirths | 21 |
| Stillbirth rate per 1,000 total (live and stillbirths) | 16. 39 |
| Total Live and Stillbirths | 1, 281 |
| Infant Deaths | 28 |
| Infant Mortality rate per 1,000 live births | 22. 22 |
| " " " " 1,000 legitimate births | 22. 78 |
| " " " " 1,000 illegitimate births | 13.33 |
| Neo-Natal Mortality Rate (first four weeks) Per 1,000 related live births | 15.87 |
| Early Neo-natal Mortality Rate (first week) per 1,000 related live births | 15.08 |
| Peri-natal Mortality Rate (stillbirths and deaths during the first week) per 1,000 total still and live births | 31.22 |
| Percentage of illegitimate live births | 5.95 |
| Maternal Deaths (including abortion) | - |
| Maternal Mortality Rate (including abortion) per 1,000 total live births) | - |
| Total Deaths | 1,395 |
| Death Rate | 14. 40 |
| Natural Decrease of Population | 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 RegistrarGeneral
has issued the following comparability factors for Leyton.
Area comparability factor for births 0.99
Area comparability factor for deaths 0.81
These factors, when applied to the crude rates, produce the
following adjusted rates:-
Live Births 12.87
Deaths 11.66
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