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Wembley 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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STATISTICAL APPENDIX A.
CERTAIN VITAL STATISTICS, 1952
from figures supplied by Registrar-General.
(Some comparative 1951 figures within brackets.)
| Total 130,100 | ||||
| Male. | Female. | Total. | Live birth rate | |
| Legitimate | 775 | 694 | 1,469 | per 1,000 esti-mated population 11 69 (11.41) |
| (1,452) | ||||
| Illegitimate | 27 | 25 | 52 | |
| (40) | ||||
| Legitimate | 18 | 9 | 27 | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births |
| (40) | ||||
| Illegitimate | - | - | 17.45 (26.74) Stillbirth rate per 1,000 estimated population 0.21 (0,31) | |
| (1) | ||||
| 626 | 578 | 1,204 | Death rate per 1,000 estimated population — Crude rate 9.25 (9.36) | |
| (1,224) | ||||
| Adjusted by Area Comparability Factor of Registrar General | 1.16 | Standardised rate 10.73 (10.86) | ||
| Infantile Mortality. | ||||
| Deaths of infants under one year of age:— | ||||
| Male. | Female. | Total. | ||
| Legitimate | 21 | 11 | 32 | |
| (33) | ||||
| Illegitimate | 4 | 2 | 6 | (34) |
| (1) | ||||
| Death rate of infants under one year of age:— | ||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 24.33 (22.79) | |||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 21.78 (22.73) | |||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 live illegitimate | ||||
| births | 115.40 (25.00) | |||