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Waltham Forest 1967

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Waltham Forest]

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Table: STATISTICAL INFORMATIONVITAL STATISTICS

STATISTICAL INFORMATION

VITAL STATISTICS

Area of Borough (in acres)9,805
Population (Registrar General's Estimate, midyear 1967)237,910
Number of Rate Assessments at 31st December 1967 ...92,726
Total Assessable Value£11,981,685
Product of a penny rate£47, 450
Live Births:MALESFEMALESWALTHAM FOR ESTENGLAND & WALES
Legitimate186517853650
Illegitimate173174347
3997
Live Birth Rate per 1,000 population16.817. 2
" " " as adjusted by comparability factor (1.06)17. 8
Illegitimate live births per cent of total live births8. 6
Stillbirths:
Number (39 males : 24 females)63
Rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths16.014.8
Total live and stillbirths4060
Infant deaths (deaths under one year)66
Infant Mortality Rates:
Total infant deaths per 1,000 total live births16.518. 3
Legitimate infant deaths per 1,000 legitimate live births17.5
Illegitimate infant deaths per 1,000 illegitimate live births25.9
Neo-Natal Mortality Rate (deaths under four weeks per 1,000 total live births)10.712.5
Early Neo-Natal Mortality Rate (deaths under one week per 1,000 total live births)9.010.8
Perinatal Mortality Rate (stillbirths and deaths under one week combined per 1,000 total live and stillbirths)24. 325.4
Maternal Mortality:
Number of deaths1
Rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths0. 25
Deaths:
Total number2898
Death rate per 1,000 population12. 1811. 2
" " as adjusted by comparability factor (0.91)11.08

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