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Stepney 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, 1964
Area of Borough (acres) 1902.7
Population:
Mid-year estimate 91,130
Census, 1961 92,000
Density of population
(persons per acre) 51.60
Rateable value (31st Dec.) £7,4-29,995
Sura represented by a
penny rate (1964-65) £29,050
General rate (1964.-65) 8/2d in £
Number of inhabited dwellings according to Rate Books 26,130
" " structurally separate dwellings - Census 1961 27,257
" " private households - Census 196129,333
BIRTHS TOTAL Male Female
All Births
Live Births - Legitimate
- Illegitimate
Totals
Still-Births - Legitimate (TO FOLLOW)
- Illegitimate
Totals
DEATHS
All Causes
Maternal
Infants under 1 year - Legitimate
- Illegitimate
Totals
RATES
Live birth-rate per 1,000 population
Death rate per 1,000 population
Still-birth rate per 1,000 total births
Maternal death rate per 1,000 total births
Infant death rate (under 1 year) per 1,000 live births
Legitimate infant death rate per 1,000 legitimate live births .. (TO
'Illegitimate infant death rate per 1,000 illegitimate live births F0LL0W)
Neo-natal death rate (under 4 weeks) per 1,000 live births
Early neo-natal death rate (under 1 week) per 1,000 live births
Perinatal death rate (still-births plus deaths under 1 week) per
1,000 total births)
Illegitimate live births per cent of total live births
AREA COMPARABILITY FACTOR: Births Deaths
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