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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
Hillingdon 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hillingdon]
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Statistics, Infectious Diseases, Health Control Unit London (Heathrow) Airport
| Infant Deaths (under 1 year of age): | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Total | |
| Legitimate | 24 | 23 | 47 |
| Illegitimate | 5 | — | 5 |
| 29 | 23 | 52 | |
| Legitimate—rate per 1,000 legitimate live births: | 13.4 | ||
| Illegitimate—rate per 1,000 illegitimate live births: | 20.0 | ||
| Infant Death Rate per 1,000 total live births: | |||
| Hillingdon | 13.9 | ||
| England and Wales | 18.3 | ||
| Neo-natal Deaths (under 4 weeks of aee): | |||
| Male | Female | Total | |
| Legitimate | 18 | 15 | 33 |
| Illegitimate | 5 | — | 5 |
| 23 | 15 | 38 | |
| Rate ner 1.000 total live births: | |||
| Hillingdon | 10.1 | ||
| England and Wales | 12.5 | ||
| Early Neo-natal Deaths (under 1 week of age): | |||
| Male | Female | Total | |
| Legitimate | 14 | 14 | 28 |
| Illegitimate | 5 | — | 5 |
| 19 | 14 | 33 | |
| Rate per 1,000 total live births: | |||
| Hillingdon | 8.8 | ||
| England and Wales | 10.8 | ||
| Perinatal Deaths (Still Births and deaths under 1 week combined): | |||
| Male | Female | Total | |
| Legitimate | 37 | 30 | 67 |
| Illegitimate | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 44 | 32 | 76 | |
| Rate per 1,000 live and still births: | |||
| Hillingdon | 20.0 | ||
| England and Wales | 25.4 | ||
| Maternal Deaths | |||
| Total | 2 | ||
| Rate per 1,000 live and still births: | |||
| Hillingdon | 0.53 | ||
| England and Wales | 0.20 | ||
| (There were no maternal deaths in 1966, and only one in 1965.) | |||