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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
Yiewsley and West Drayton 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Yiewsley]
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DEATHS :
Male Female Total
110 80 190
Death rate per 1,000 estimated population (adjusted): 1961: 11.56*
1960: 12.38
County of Middlesex: 1961 10.8
*This figure has been adjusted from 8.03 by the use of the Registrar's
Comparability Factor of 1.44.
INFANTILE MORTALITY
Deaths of Infants under one year.
Male Female Total
Legitimate 6 4 10
Illegitimate
6 4 10
Death rate of infants under one year : 1960 1961
All infants per 1.000 live births 25.3 21.9
Legitimate infants per 1.000 live births 26.52 23.5
Illegitimate infants per 1.000 live births
NEO-NATAL DEATHS: (under four weeks of age)
Male Female Total
Legitimate 2 1 3
Illegitimate
2 1 3
Death rate per 1.000 live births 6.57
EARLY NEO-NATAL DEATHS: (under one week)
Male Female Total
Legitimate 2 1 3
Illegitimate
2 1 3
Death rate per 1,000 live births 6.57