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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
Richmond upon Thames 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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VITAL AND GENERAL STATISTICS 1966
| Area in acres | 13,873 | ||||||
| Population (census 1961) | 181,030 | ||||||
| Population—estimated to mid-year (as supplied by the Registrar-General) | 180,200 | ||||||
| Number of inhabited houses | 58,357 | ||||||
| Rateable value | £10,564,452 | ||||||
| Sum represented by a penny rate | £43,600 | ||||||
| Total | M. | F. | |||||
| Live Births—Legitimate | 2,523 | 1,324 | 1,199 | ||||
| Illegitimate | 240 | 129 | 111 | ||||
| Total | 2,763 | 1,453 | 1,310 | ||||
| Live Birth rate per 1,000 of estimated Population | 15.33 | ||||||
| Adjusted Live Birth rate per 1,000 of estimated Population | 15.49 | ||||||
| Illegitimate Live Births per cent. of total Live Births | 8.68 | ||||||
| Total | M. | F. | |||||
| Still Births—Legitimate | 30 | 18 | 12 | ||||
| Illegitimate | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 33 | 20 | 13 | ||||
| Still Birth rate per 1,000 live and still births | 11.94 | ||||||
| Total Live and Still Births | 2,796 | ||||||
| Infant Deaths (under 1 year of age):- | |||||||
| Total | M. | F. | |||||
| Legitimate | 51 | 34 | 17 | ||||
| Illegitimate | - | - | - | ||||
| Total | 51 | 34 | 17 | ||||
| Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births | 18.45 | ||||||
| Legitimate Infant mortality rate per 1,000 legitimate live births | 20.21 | ||||||
| Illegitimate Infant mortality rate per 1,000 illegitimate live births | — | ||||||
| Neo-Natal deaths | Under 4 weeks of age | Under 1 week of age | |||||
| Total | M. | F. | Total | M. | F. | ||
| Legitimate | 35 | 24 | 11 | 29 | 20 | 9 | |
| Illegitimate | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Totals | 35 | 24 | 11 | 29 | 20 | 9 | |
| Neo-Natal mortality rate (deaths under 4 weeks) per 1,000 total live births | 12.67 | ||||||
| Early Neo-Natal mortality rate (deaths under 1 week) per 1,000 total live births... | 10.49 | ||||||
| Perinatal mortality rate (stillbirths and deaths under 1 week combined) per 1,000 total live and still births | 22.17 | ||||||
| Maternal mortality (including abortion) deaths | 2 | ||||||
| Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live and still births | 0.71 | ||||||
| Total | M. | F. | |||||
| Deaths | 2,331 | 1,106 | 1,225 | ||||
| Crude death rate per 1,000 of estimated population | 12.93 | ||||||
| Adjusted death rate | 10.60 | ||||||