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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

Beddington and Wallington 1962

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beddington and Wallington]

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Table: EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS

EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS

Resident Population—Estimated mid.year 196232,600
Live BirthsMales 1FemalesTotal
Legitimate244205449
Illegitimate111223
Total255217472
Live Birth Rate per 1,000 population14.48
Adjusted Birth Rate15.20
England and Wales Live Birth Rate18.00
Illegitimate Live Births per cent of total Live Births4.87
Still Births
Legitimate314
Illegitimate———
Total314
Rate per 1,000 total Live and Stillbirths8.40
England and Wales Stillbirth Rate18.10
Live and Stillbirths
Legitimate247206453
Illegitimate111223
Total258218476
Deaths
200172372
(i) Death Rate per 1,000 population11.41
Adjusted Death Rate10.95
England and Wales Death Rate11.90
(ii) Infant Deaths—under 1 year of age
Total No. of Deaths9
Infant Mortality Rate per 1,000 Live Births19.07
Infant Mortality Rate per 1,000 Live Births:
Legitimate20 04
IllegitimateNil
Infant Mortality Rate for England and Wales21.40
Neo Natal Mortality Rate per 1,000 Live Births (Under 4 weeks of age)14.83
Early Neo.natal Mortality Rate per 1,000 Live Births (Deaths under 1 week)14.83
Peri.natal Mortality Rate per 1,000 Live and Stillbirths (Stillbirths and deaths under 1 week)23.11
(iii) Maternal Deaths (including abortion) totalNil
Maternal Mortality Rate per 1,000 Live and StillbirthsNil
England and Wales Maternal Mortality Rate0.35