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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
Kingston upon Thames 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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VITAL STATISTICS
| Area, 9,28l acres. | |||||
| Population, estimate of Registrar General at Mid-year 1965, | 146,470 | ||||
| Rateable Value at 1st April 1965 | £9,558,509 | ||||
| Product of a Penny Rate, at 1st April 1965, | £39,050 | ||||
| Separately Rated Dwellings, at 1st April 1965, | 47,031 | ||||
| Live Births: | |||||
| Males | Females | Total | Percentage | ||
| Legitimate | 1,139 | 1,056 | 2,195 | 92.8 | |
| Illegitimate | 102 | 69 | 171 | 7.2 | |
| Totals | 1,241 | 1,125 | 2,366 | 100.0 | |
| Crude Birth Rate per 1,000 estimated population | 16.2 | ||||
| Adjusted Birth Rate for purposes of comparison using the comparability factor 1.01 | 16.3 | ||||
| (England and Wales) | 18.1 | ||||
| Still Births: | |||||
| (17 males and 13 females) | 30 | ||||
| Rate per 1,000 live and stillbirths | 12.5 | ||||
| (England and Wales) | 15.8 | ||||
| Total Births | 2,396 | ||||
| Deaths: | |||||
| Total (742 males and 804 females) | 1,546 | ||||
| Crude death rate per 1,000 population | 10.6 | ||||
| Adjusted death rate for purposes of comparison using the comparability factor 0.93 | 9.8 | ||||
| (England and Wales) | 11.5 | ||||
| Maternal deaths | Nil | ||||
| Maternal Mortality rate (including abortion) | |||||
| per 1,000 total live and still births | Nil | ||||
| (England and Wales) | 0.25 | ||||
| Infant Mortality: | |||||
| Infant deaths (infants under one year): | |||||
| Males | Females | Total | |||
| Legitimate | 20 | 8 | 28 | ||
| Illegitimate | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 21 | 9 | 30 | ||
(cont.)