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Brent 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brent]
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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS
| Area | 10,927 acres |
| Population 1961 census | 295,893 |
| Population 1970—Registrar General's mid-1970 estimate | 278,500 |
| Number of structurally separate dwellings occupied (196) census) | 81,866 |
| Number of private households (1961 census) | 97,701 |
| Rateable value (all hereditaments) 1st April, 1970 | £20,648,487 |
| Product of a penny rate, financial year 1970/71 (estimated) | £82,800 |
| Live births | |
| Number | 5.243 |
| Rate per 1,000 population (crude) | 18.8 |
| Rate per 1,000 population (adjusted) | 16.9 |
| Illegitimate live births per cent. of total live births | 15.0 |
| Stillbirths | |
| Number | 68 |
| Rate per 1,000 total live births and stillbirths | 12.8 |
| Total live and stillbirths | 5,311 |
| Infant deaths (under 1 year) | 90 |
| Infant mortality rates | |
| Total infant deaths per 1,000 total live births | 17.2 |
| Legitimate infant deaths per 1,000 legitimate live births | 15.7 |
| Illegitimate infant deaths per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 25.3 |
| Neo-natal mortality rate (deaths under 4 weeks per 1,000 total live births) | 12.6 |
| Early neo-natal mortalitv rate (deaths under 1 week per 1,000 total live births) | 11.3 |
| Perinatal mortality rate (stillbirths and deaths under 1 week combined per 1,000 total live and stillbirths | 23.9 |
| Maternal mortality (including abortion) | |
| Number of deaths | 5 |
| Rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths | 0.94 |
| Deaths | 2,919 |
| Death-rate per 1,000 population (crude) | 10.5 |
| Death-rate per 1,000 population (adjusted) | 11.6 |
| Deaths from cancer (all forms) | 706 |
| Death rate from cancer (all forms) per 1,000 population | 2.5 |
BIRTHS
In 1970, 5,243 live births were registered (2,731 males and 2,512 females) giving a crude birth rate
of 18.8 per thousand estimated population compared with rates of 20.1 in 1968 and 19.5 in 1969. The
Registrar General provides area comparability factors for use with crude birth and death rates which make
allowance for the way in which the sex and age distribution of the local population differs from that for
England and Wales as a whole. When the local crude rates are multiplied by the comparability
factor, they are comparable with the rates for England and Wales or with the corresponding
adjusted rate for any other area. When the birth factor of 0.90 is applied to the crude birth rate, the
standardised rate is 16.9 which is slightly above the provisional rate for England and Wales, which was 16.0
per thousand population.
There were 789 illegitimate live births, i.e. 15 per cent of total live births, a slight increase compared
with last year (14.7 per cent). The figure for England and Wales was 8 per cent.
STILLBIRTHS
Sixty-eight babies were stillborn, giving a rate of 12.8 per thousand live and stillbirths, slightly
below the provisional rate for England and Wales which was 13.0.
DEATHS
The total number of deaths was 2,919 giving a crude death rate of 10.5 per thousand population.
When the comparability factor is applied, the standardised rate is 11.6, slightly below the provisional rate