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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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STATISTICAL APPENDIX A.
from figures supplied by Registrar-General. (Some comparative 1961 figures within brackets.)
| Total 124,900 | ||||
| Live Births. | ||||
| Male. | Female. | Total. | Live birth rate per 1,000 estimated population 13.9 (13.8) | |
| Legitimate | 828 | 804 | 1,632 | |
| (1,636) | ||||
| Illegitimate | 56 | 54 | 110 | |
| (89) | ||||
| Adjusted by Area Comparability Factor of Registrar-General | 1.02 | |||
| Stillbirths. | ||||
| Legitimate | 17 | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 14.14 (14.0) Stillbirth rate per 1,000 estimated population 0.19 | ||
| Illegitimate | — | 1 | 1 | |
| (0.22) | ||||
| Deaths | 691 | 597 | 1,288 | Death rate per |
| (1,200) | 1,000 estimated population •— Crude rate 10.31 | |||
| Adjusted by Area Comparability Factor of Registrar-General | 1.15 | Standardised rate 11.86 | ||