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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wembley 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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STATISTICAL APPENDIX A.
(Some comparative 1956 figures within brackets.)
| Total 127,500 | ||||
| Male. | Female. | Total. | Live birth rate per 1,000 estimated population 11.44 (11.63) | |
| Legitimate | 722 | 690 | 1,412 | |
| (1,444) | ||||
| Illegitimate | 29 | 18 | 47 | |
| (48) | ||||
| Legitimate | 13 | 12 | 25 | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 11.64 (11.86) Stillbirth rate per 1,000 estimated population 0.20 (0.22) |
| (29) | ||||
| Illegitimate | — | |||
| (-) | ||||
| 622 | 551 | 1,173 | Death rate per 1,000 estimated population — Crude rate 9.20 (9.04) | |
| (1,160) | ||||
| Adjusted by Area Comparability Factor of Registrar-General | 1.18 | Standardised rate 10.86 (10.67) | ||
| Deaths of infants under one year of age:— | ||||
| Male. | Female. | Total. | 27 (25) | |
| Legitimate | 16 | 8 | 24 | |
| (25) | ||||
| Illegitimate | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| (-) | ||||