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Waltham Forest 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Waltham Forest]
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STATISTICAL INFORMATION
VITAL STATISTICS
Area of Borough (in acres) 9,805
Population (Registrar General's Estimate, midyear 1966) 239,520
Number of Rate Assessments at 31st December 1966 91,491
Total Assessable Value £11, 760,876
Product of a penny rate £46, 690
STATICS INFORMATION
VITAL STATICS
| Area Borough(in acres) | 9,805 | |||
| Population (Registar General's Estimate, midyear 1966) | 2936,520 | |||
| Total Assessable Value | £11, 760, 876 | |||
| Product of a penny rate | £46,690 | |||
| MALES | FEMALES | |||
| Legitimate | 1936 | 1835 | 3771 | |
| Illegitimate | 170 | 133 | 303 | |
| 4074 | ||||
| Live Birth Rate per 1,000 population | 17.00 | 17.7 | ||
| " " " as adjusted by comparability factor (1.06) | 18.02 | |||
| Illegitimate live births per cent of total live births | 7.43 | |||
| Stillbirths: | ||||
| Number (31 males: 34 females) | 65 | |||
| Rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths | 15.95 | 15.4 | ||
| Total live and stillbirths | 4139 | |||
| Infant deaths (deaths under one year) | 79 | |||
| Infant Mortality Rates: | ||||
| Total infant deaths per 1,000 total live births | 19.39 | 19.0 | ||
| Legitimate infant deaths per 1,000 legitimate live births | 19.35 | |||
| Illegitimate infant deaths per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 19.80 | |||
| Neo-Natal Mortality Rate (deaths under four weeks per 1,000 total live births) | 12.51 | 12.9 | ||
| Early Neo-Natal Mortality Rate (deaths under one week per 1,000 total live births) | 11.78 | 11. 1 | ||
| Perinatal Mortality Rate (stillbirths and deaths under one week combined per 1,000 total live and stillbirths) | 27.30 | 26.3 | ||
| Maternal Mortality: | ||||
| Number of deaths | 1 | |||
| Rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths | 0.24 | |||
| Deaths: | ||||
| Total number | 2913 | |||
| Death rate per 1,000 population | 12.16 | 11.7 | ||
| " " as adjusted by comparability factor (0.90) | 10.94 | |||