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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 1968
[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 1968: | 144,480 | ||||
| Rateable Value at 1st April 1968: | £10,181,887 | ||||
| Produce of a Penny Rate at 1st April 1968: | £40,800 | ||||
| Separately Rated Dwellings at 1st April 1968: | 48,218 | ||||
| Live Births: | |||||
| Males | Females | Total | Percentage | ||
| Legitimate | 999 | 952 | 1,951 | 92.5 | |
| Illegitimate | 77 | 82 | 159 | 7.5 | |
| Totals | 1,076 | 1,034 | 2,110 | 100.0 | |
| Crude Birth Rate per 1,000 estimated population | 14.6 | ||||
| Adjusted Birth Rate for purposes of comparison using the comparability factor 1.01 | 14.7 | ||||
| (England and Wales) | 16.9 | ||||
| Still Births; | |||||
| (15 males and 15 females) | 30 | ||||
| Rate per 1,000 live and still births | 14.0 | ||||
| (England and Wales) | 14.0 | ||||
| Total Births | 2,140 | ||||
| Deaths: | |||||
| Total (791 males and 898 females) | 1,689 | ||||
| Crude death rate per 1,000 population | 11.7 | ||||
| Adjusted death rate for purposes of comparison using the comparability factor 0.92 | 10.8 | ||||
| (England and Wales) | 11.9 | ||||
| Maternal deaths | Nil | ||||
| Maternal Mortality rate (including abortion) per 1,000 total live and still births | Nil | ||||
| (England and Wales) | 0.24 | ||||
| Infant Mortality: | |||||
| Infant deaths (infants under one year): | |||||
| Males | Females | Total | |||
| Legitimate | 14 | 13 | 27 | ||
| Illegitimate | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Totals . | 18 | 15 | 33 | ||
(contd.)