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Richmond upon Thames 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond upon Thames]
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VITAL AND GENERAL STATISTICS 1965
| Area in acres | 13,873 | ||||||
| Population (census 1961) | 181,030 | ||||||
| Population—estimated to mid-year (as supplied by the Registrar-General) | 181,130 | ||||||
| Number of inhabited houses | 57,590 | ||||||
| Rateable value | £10,335,219 | ||||||
| Sum represented by a penny rate | £42,650 | ||||||
| Live Births—Legitimate | 2,589 | 1,312 | 1,277 | ||||
| Illegitimate | 244 | 137 | 107 | ||||
| Total | 2,833 | 1,449 | 1,384 | ||||
| Live Birth rate per 1,000 of estimated Population | 15.64 | ||||||
| Adjusted Live Birth rate per 1,000 of estimated Population | 15.80 | ||||||
| Illegitimate Live Birth per cent. of total Live Births | 8.61 | ||||||
| Still Births—Legitimate | 31 | 9 | 22 | ||||
| Illegitimate | 7 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| Total | 38 | 11 | 27 | ||||
| Still Birth rate per 1,000 live and still births | 13.24 | ||||||
| Total Live and Still Births | 2,871 | ||||||
| Infant Deaths (under 1 year of age):- | |||||||
| M. | |||||||
| Legitimate | 37 | 24 | 13 | ||||
| Illegitimate | 4 | 4 | - | ||||
| Total | 41 | 28 | 13 | ||||
| Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births | 14.47 | ||||||
| Legitimate Infant mortality rate per 1,000 legitimate live births | 14.29 | ||||||
| Illegitimate Infant mortality rate per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 16.39 | ||||||
| Neo-Natal deaths | Under 4 weeks of age | Under 1 week of age | |||||
| Legitimate Illegitimate | 31 4 | 20 4 | 11 | 29 4 | 18 4 | 11 | |
| Totals | 35 | 24 | 11 | 33 | 22 | 11 | |
| Neo-Natal mortality rate (deaths under 4 weeks) per 1,000 total live births | 12.35 | ||||||
| Early Neo-Natal mortality rate (deaths under 1 week) per 1,000 total live births | 11.65 | ||||||
| Perinatal mortality rate (stillbirths and deaths under 1 week combined) per 1,000 total live and still births | 24.43 | ||||||
| Maternal mortality (including abortion) deaths | Nil | ||||||
| Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live and still births | Nil | ||||||
| Deaths | 2,175 | 1,069 | 1,106 | ||||
| Crude death rate per 1,000 of estimated population | 12.01 | ||||||
| Adjusted death rate | 9.85 | ||||||