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1956 1957
(b) Illegitimate Males 2 5
Females 3 3
Total 5 8
(c) Total Infantile
Deaths: Males 23 28
Females 15 14
Total 38 42
Infantile Death-rate per 1,000
live births 24.36 25.33
Comparability Factors
To enable local vital statistics to be compared with other
districts or with national figures the Registrar General issues
comparability factors for correcting crude birth and death rates.
These factors 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 . The death rate comparability factor
has been adjusted specifically to take account of the presence of
residential institutions in the area.
To compare the crude birth and death rates for Tottenham with
the national rates, Tottenham1 s figures must first be multiplied
by the appropriate comparability factor which remains at 97 for
births but is reduced from 1 09 to 1 07 for deaths
Infantile Deaths, 1957
A total of 42 deaths under 1 year of age is recorded, giving
a rate of 25 33 per thousand live births A close examination of
the causes, however, can explain this apparently high incidence.
Firstly it is important to note that only 4 of these deaths
occurred at home. The remaining 38 occurred in hospital and it
is obvious that the causes were of a serious nature. 34 of the
deaths were neonatal deaths. i.e. they occurred in the first month
of life
The Causes
(1) Prematurity. 19 deaths came under this heading and in two
other cases this was a contributing factor Eight of these deaths