Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond upon Thames]
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VITAL AND GENERAL STATISTICS 1970
Area in acres | 13,971 | ||||||
Population (census 1961) | 181,030 | ||||||
Population—estimated to mid-year (as supplied by the Registrar-General) | 174,550 | ||||||
Number of inhabited houses | 62,017 | ||||||
Rateable value | £11,489,951 | ||||||
Sum represented by a penny rate | £45,200 | ||||||
Live Births—Legitimate | 2,220 | 1,149 | 1,071 | ||||
Illegitimate | 176 | 88 | 88 | ||||
Total | 2,396 | 1,237 | 1,159 | ||||
Live Birth rate per 1,000 of estimated Population | 13.7 | ||||||
Adjusted Live Birth rate per 1,000 of estimated Population | 13.8 | ||||||
Illegitimate Live Births per cent, of total Live Births | 7 | ||||||
Still Births—Legitimate | 10 | 12 | |||||
Illegitimate | 1 | — | 1 | ||||
Total | 23 | 10 | 13 | ||||
Still Birth rate per 1,000 live and still births | 10 | ||||||
Total Live and Still Births | 2,419 | ||||||
Infant Deaths (under 1 year of age):- | |||||||
Legitimate | 31 | 15 | 16 | ||||
Illegitimate | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||
Total | 35 | 17 | 18 | ||||
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births | 15 | ||||||
Legitimate Infant mortality rate per 1,000 legitimate live births | 14 | ||||||
Illegitimate Infant mortality rate per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 23 | ||||||
Neo-Natal deaths | Under 4 weeks of age | Under 1 week of age | |||||
M. | |||||||
Legitimate | 23 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | ||
Illegitimate | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
Totals | 26 | 13 | 13 | 25 | 13 | 12 | |
Neo-Natal mortality rate (deaths under 4 weeks) per 1,000 total live births | 11 | ||||||
Early Neo-Natal mortality rate (deaths under 1 week) per 1,000 total live births... | 10 | ||||||
Perinatal mortality rate (stillbirths and deaths under 1 week combined) per 1,000 total live and still births | 20 | ||||||
Maternal mortality (including abortion) deaths | — | ||||||
Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live and still births | — | ||||||
Deaths | 2,371 | 1,190 | 1,181 | ||||
Crude death rate per 1,000 of estimated population | 13.6 | ||||||
Adjusted death rate | 11.3 |