Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Waltham Forest]
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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: | MALES | FEMALES | WALTHAM FOR EST | ENGLAND & WALES |
| Legitimate | 1865 | 1785 | 3650 | |
| Illegitimate | 173 | 174 | 347 | |
| 3997 | ||||
| Live Birth Rate per 1,000 population | 16.8 | 17. 2 | ||
| " " " as adjusted by comparability factor (1.06) | 17. 8 | |||
| Illegitimate live births per cent of total live births | 8. 6 | |||
| Stillbirths: | ||||
| Number (39 males : 24 females) | 63 | |||
| Rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths | 16.0 | 14.8 | ||
| Total live and stillbirths | 4060 | |||
| Infant deaths (deaths under one year) | 66 | |||
| Infant Mortality Rates: | ||||
| Total infant deaths per 1,000 total live births | 16.5 | 18. 3 | ||
| Legitimate infant deaths per 1,000 legitimate live births | 17.5 | |||
| Illegitimate infant deaths per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 25.9 | |||
| Neo-Natal Mortality Rate (deaths under four weeks per 1,000 total live births) | 10.7 | 12.5 | ||
| Early Neo-Natal Mortality Rate (deaths under one week per 1,000 total live births) | 9.0 | 10.8 | ||
| Perinatal Mortality Rate (stillbirths and deaths under one week combined per 1,000 total live and stillbirths) | 24. 3 | 25.4 | ||
| Maternal Mortality: | ||||
| Number of deaths | 1 | |||
| Rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths | 0. 25 | |||
| Deaths: | ||||
| Total number | 2898 | |||
| Death rate per 1,000 population | 12. 18 | 11. 2 | ||
| " " as adjusted by comparability factor (0.91) | 11.08 | |||
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