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STATISTICAL INFORMATION
VITAL STATISTICS
Area of Borough (in acres) 9,805
Population (Registrar General's Estimate, midyear 1973) 232,580
Number of Rate Assessments at 31st December, 1973 97,862
Total Assessable Value £30,922,082
Product of a penny rate £295,000
Live Births: waltham forest England &
males females
Legitimate 1586 1555 3141
Illegitimate 160 145 305
3446
Live Birth Rate per 1,000 population 14.8 13.7
" as adjusted by comparability factor (1.00) 14.8
Illegitimate live births per cent of total live births 9.0
Stillbirths:
Number (24 males: 28 females) 52
Rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths 15 12
Total live and stillbirths 3498
Infant deaths (deaths under one year) 74
Infant Mortality Rates:
Total infant deaths per 1,000 total live births 21 17
Legitimate infant deaths per 1,000 legitimate
live births 21 16
Illegitimate infant deaths per 1,000 illegitimate
live births 23 22
Neo-Natal Mortality Rate (deaths under four weeks per
1,000 total live births) 15 II
Early Neo-Natal Mortality Rate (deaths under one week J
per 1,000 total live births) 13 10
Perinatal Mortality Rate (stillbirths and deaths under
one week combined per 1,000 total live and stillbirths) 28 21
Maternal Mortality:
Number of deaths 2
Rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths 0.57
Deaths:
Total number
Death rate per 1,000 population 13.0 12.0
" as adjusted by comparability factor (0.87) | 13
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