London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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VITAL AND GENERAL STATISTICS 1971
| Area in acres | 13,971 | ||||||
| Population (census 1961) | 181,030 | ||||||
| Population—estimated to mid-year (as supplied by the Registrar-General) | 174,310 | ||||||
| Number of inhabited houses | 62,452 | ||||||
| Rateable value | £11,578,197 | ||||||
| Sum represented by a lp. rate | £110,640 | ||||||
| Live Births—Legitimate | 2,124 | 1,119 | 1,005 | ||||
| Illegitimate | 176 | 107 | 69 | ||||
| Total | 2,300 | 1,226 | 1,074 | ||||
| Live Birth rate per 1,000 of estimated Population | 13.2 | ||||||
| Adjusted Live Birth rate per 1,000 of estimated Population | 13.3 | ||||||
| Illegitimate Live Births as percentage of total Live Births | 8 | ||||||
| F. | |||||||
| Still Births—Legitimate | 15 | 5 | 10 | ||||
| Illegitimate | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 17 | 6 | 11 | ||||
| Still Birth rate per 1,000 live and still births | 7 | ||||||
| Total Live and Still Births | 2,317 | ||||||
| Infant Deaths (under 1 year of age):- | |||||||
| Legitimate | 37 | 22 | 15 | ||||
| Illegitimate | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 39 | 23 | 16 | ||||
| Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births | 17 | ||||||
| Legitimate Infant mortality rate per 1,000 legitimate live births | 17 | ||||||
| Illegitimate Infant mortality rate per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 11 | ||||||
| Neo-Natal deaths | Under 4 weeks of age | Under 1 week of age | |||||
| Legitimate | 17 | 17 | 10 | 23 | 15 | 8 | |
| Illegitimate | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | |
| Totals | 28 | 17 | 11 | 24 | 15 | 9 | |
| Neo-Natal mortality rate (deaths under 4 weeks) per 1,000 total live births | 12 | ||||||
| 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 | 18 | ||||||
| Maternal mortality (including abortion) deaths | 4 | ||||||
| Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live and still births | 2 | ||||||
| M. | |||||||
| Deaths | 2,243 | 1,041 | 1,202 | ||||
| Crude death rate per 1,000 of estimated population | 12.9 | ||||||
| Adjusted death rate | 10.7 | ||||||