London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Harrow 1973
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]
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| Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births | 11.0 | |||
| Legitimate Infant mortality rate per 1,000 legitimate live births | 11.0 | |||
| Illegitimate Infant mortality rate per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 7.0 | |||
| Infant mortality rate for England and Wales | 17.0 | |||
| Neo Natal Deaths (under four weeks of age): | ||||
| Male | Female | Total | ||
| Legitimate | 6 | 11 | 17 | |
| Illegitimate | — | — | — | |
| Total | 6 | 11 | 17 | |
| Neo-natal mortality rate per 1,000 live births | 60 | |||
| Neo-natal mortality rate for England and Wales | 11.0 | |||
| Early Neo-natal mortality rate (first week) per 1,000 live births | 5.0 | |||
| Peri-natal mortality rate per 1,000 live and still births | 13.0 | |||
| Maternity Mortality: | ||||
| Maternal deaths | 1.00 | |||
| Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live and still births | 0.37 | |||
| Maternal mortality rate for England and Wales | 0.13 | |||
| Deaths : | Male | Female | Total | |
| 1,020 | 1,080 | 2,100 | ||
| Death rate per 1,000 population: | ||||
| Crude Death Rate | 10.3 | |||
| Comparability Factor | 1.0 | |||
| Adjusted Death Rate | 10.3 | |||
| Death rate for England and Wales | 12.0 | |||
Deaths
The total number of deaths of residents of the Borough was 2,100
giving a death rate of 10.3 per 1,000 population. Liability to death varies
at different ages and also between the sexes. Accordingly, to offset the
effect of these variations and so produce a rate which can be used for
comparison purposes with other districts in the country as a whole, the
Registrar General calculates for each district a comparability factor which,