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STATISTICAL INFORMATION
VITAL STATISTICS
Area of Borough (in acres) 9,805
Population (Registrar General's Estimate, midyear 1970) 235,040
Number of Rate Assessments at 31st December 1970 95,587
Total Assessable Value £12,430,934
Product of a penny rate £49,700
Live Births:
M AL ES
FEMAL ES
WALTHAM FOREST
EN GLAND &
WAL ES
Legitimate 1870 1805 3675
Illegitimate 181 177 358
4033
Live Birth Rate per 1,000 population 17.2 16.0
" " " as adjusted by comparability factor (1.06) 18.2
Illegitimate live births per cent of total live births 9.0
Stillbirths:
Number (31 males : 32 females) 63
Rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths 15 13
Total live and stillbirths 40%
Infant deaths (deaths under one year) 63
Infant Mortality Rates:
Total infant deaths per 1,000 total live births 16 18
Legitimate infant deaths per 1,000 legitimate
live births 16
Illegitimate infant deaths per 1,000 illegitimate
live births 17
Neo-Natal Mortality Rate (deaths under four weeks per
1,000 total live births) 11 12
Early Neo-Natal Mortality Rate (deaths under one week
per 1,000 total live births) 9 11
Perinatal Mortality Rate (stillbirths and deaths under
one week combined per 1,000 total live and stiIIbirths) 24 23
Maternal Mortality:
Number of deaths 1
Rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths 0.26
Deaths:
Total number 3017
Death rate per 1,000 population 12.8 11.7
" " as adjusted by comparability factor (0.89) 11.4
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