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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Waltham Forest 1971

[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 1971) 233,960
Number of Rate Assessments at 31st December 1971 96,617
Total Assessable Value £12,51 1,454
Product of a penny rate £120,600

Table: STATISTICAL INFORMATION

STATISTICAL INFORMATION

Live Births:WALTHAM FORESTENGLAND & WALES
MALESFEMALES
Legitimate187417893663
lllegitimate196155351
4014
Live Birth Rate per 1,000 population17.216.0
" as adjusted by comparability factor (1.06)18.2
Illegitimate live births per cent of total live births9.0
Stillbirths:
Number (26 males: 28 females)54
Rate per 1 ,000 total live and stillbirths1312
Total live and stillbirths4068
Infant deaths (deaths under one year)73
Infant Mortality Rates:
Total infant deaths per 1 ,000 total live births1818
Legitimate infant deaths per 1,000 legitimate
live births1817
lllegitimate infant deaths per 1,000 illegitimate live births2024
Neo-Natal Mortality Rate (deaths under four weeks per 1,000 total live births).1212
Early Neo-Natal Mortality Rate (deaths under one week per 1,000 total live births)1110
Perinatal Mortality Rate (stillbirths and deaths under one week combined per 1 ,000 total live and stillbirths)2422
Maternal Mortality:
Number of deaths1
Rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths0.24
Deaths:
Total number2847
Death rate per 1,000 population12.211.6
"as adjusted by comparability factor (0.89)10.9