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STATISTICAL INFORMATION
VITAL STATISTICS
Area of Borough (in acres)
9,805
Population (Registra General's Estimate , midyear 1965)
241,400
Number of Rate Assessments at 31st December 1965
90,432
Total Assessable Value
£11,626,489
Product of a penny rate
£46,840
Live Births:
WALTHAM FOREST
ENGLAND &
WALES
MALES
FEMALES
Legitimate
1911
1718
3629
Illegitimate
129
117
246
3875
Live Birth Rate per 1,000 population
16.05
18.0
" " " as adjusted by comparability factor (1.06)
17.01
Illegitmate live births per cent of total live births
6.34
Stillbirths:
Number (43 males : 23 females)
66
Rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths
16.74
15.7
Total live and stillbirths
3941
Infant deaths (deaths under one year)
76
Infant Mortality Rates:
Total infant deaths per 1,000 total live births
19.61
19.0
Legitimate infant deaths per 1,000 legitimate
live births
18.18
Illegitimate infant deaths per 1,000 illegitimate
live births
40.65
Neo-Natal Mortality Rate (deaths under four weeks per
1,000 total live births)
12.65
Early Neo-Natal Mortality Rate (deaths under one week
per 1,000 total live births)
12.61
Perinatal Mortality Rate (stillbirths and deaths under
one week combined per 1,000 total live and stillbirths)
28.16
26.9
Maternal Mortality:
Number of deaths
Nil
Rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths
Nil
Deaths:
Total number
2892
Death rate per 1,000 population
11.98
11.5
" " as adjusted by comparability
factor (0.89)
10.66
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