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Orpington 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]
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| Males | Females | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 9 | 9 | 18 | |
| Illegitimate | — | 2 | 2 | |
| 9 | 11 | 20 | ||
| Infant Mortality rate per 1,000 live births | 14.4 | |||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 13.4 | |||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 41.7 | |||
| Neonatal mortality rate (deaths under 4 weeks per 1,000 total live births) | 12.2 | |||
| Early neonatal mortality rate (deaths under 1 week per 1,000 total live births) | 11.5 | |||
| Perinatal mortality rate (still births and deaths under 1 week combined per 1,000 live and still births) | 26.3 | |||
| Infant mortality rate for England and Wales | 22.0 | |||
| Maternal Mortality. | ||||
| Maternal deaths (including abortion) | Nil | |||
| Maternal mortality rate (per 1,000 total live and still births) | Nil | |||
| Maternal mortality rate for England and Wales | 0.38 | |||
| Deaths. | ||||
| Males | Females | Total | ||
| 400 | 351 | 751 | ||
| Crude death rate per 1,000 estimated total population | 10.1 | |||
| Adjusted death rate for comparison purposes | 11.3 | |||
| (The area comparability factor for deaths is 1.12) Death rate for England and Wales | 11.6 | |||
Population.
The Registrar General's estimate of the total population of the
Urban District, mid-year 1959, was 74,620 which is an increase of
980 over the figure for 1958, and is equivalent to a density of 3.58
persons to the acre.
The natural increase of population measured by excess of
births over deaths, was 637.
This increase continues the trend noted in previous years, and
the population of the Urban District has risen by 12,200 during the
past ten years.
Births.
The birth rate for 1959 was 18 6 per 1,000 total population.
The adjusted rate for comparison with other areas being 18.2.
The rate of 18.6 is .7 higher than that for the previous year,
and is well above the figure of 16.5 for England and Wales as a
whole.