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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 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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VITAL STATISTICS
| Area, 9,281 acres. | |||||
| Population, estimate of Registrar General at Mid-year 1966, | 146,010 | ||||
| Rateable Value at 1st April 1966, | £9,719,297 | ||||
| Product of a Penny Rate, at 1st April 1966, | £39,630 | ||||
| Separately Rated Dwellings, at 1st April 1966, | 47,450 | ||||
| Live Births: | |||||
| Males | Females | Total | Percentage | ||
| Legitimate | 1,058 | 1,022 | 2,080 | 92.2 | |
| Illegitimate | 88 | 88 | 176 | 7.8 | |
| Totals | 1,146 | 1,110 | 2,256 | 100.0 | |
| Crude Birth Rate per 1,000 estimated population | 15.5 | ||||
| Adjusted Birth Rate for purposes of comparison using the comparability factor 1.01 | 15.6 | ||||
| (England and Wales) | 17.7 | ||||
| Still Births; | |||||
| (23 males and 16 females) | 39 | ||||
| Rate per 1,000 live and stillbirths | 17.0 | ||||
| (England and Wales) | 15.4 | ||||
| Total Births | 2,295 | ||||
| Deaths: | |||||
| Total (787 males and 803 females) | 1,590 | ||||
| Crude death rate per 1,000 population | 10.8 | ||||
| Adjusted death rate for purposes of comparison using the comparability factor 0.94 | 10.2 | ||||
| (England and Wales) | 11.7 | ||||
| Maternal deaths | Nil | ||||
| Maternal Mortality rate (including abortion) per 1,000 total live and still births | Nil | ||||
| (England and Wales) | 0.26 | ||||
| Infant Mortality: | |||||
| Infant deaths (infants under one year): | |||||
| Males | Females | Total | |||
| Legitimate | 16 | 20 | 36 | ||
| Illegitimate | - | 3 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 16 | 23 | 39 | ||
(cont.)