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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
Hackney 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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VITAL STATISTICS Estimated Mid Year Home Population - 165,000
| Total | Male | Female | |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIRTHS | 1 1 on | ||
| Live births Legitimate | 2, 386 | 1,249 | 1,137 |
| Illegitimate | 228 | 118 | 110 |
| Still births - Legitimate | 54 | 25 | 29 |
| Illegitimate | 1 | 1 | - |
| DEATHS | |||
| All causes | 1, 818 | 994 | 824 |
| Hackney | County of London | England & Vales | |
| BIRTH RATE PER 1,000 POPULATION | |||
| Live births | 15.84 | 16.2 | 16.1 |
| Still births | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.37 |
| STILL BIRTH RATE PER 1,000 TOTAL LIVE AND STILL BIRTHS | 20.61 | 20.0 | 22.5 |
| Birth rate after applying "Area Comparability" Factor of 0,93 | 14.73 | - | - |
| DEATH RATE (CRUDE) PER 1,000 POPULATION | 11.02 | 11.4 | 11.5 |
| Death rate after applying "Area Comparability" Factor of 1.11 | 12.23 | - | - |
| TUBERCULOSIS DEATH RATE PER 1,000 POPULATION | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.11 |
| Hackney | England & Wales | ||
| MATERNAL MORTALITY - Death rates per 1,000 Live and Still Births: | |||
| Maternal causes excluding abortion | .. | 0.00 | 0.39 |
| Due to abortion | 0.37 | 0.08 | |
| 0.37 | 0.47 | ||
| DEATH RATE OF INFANTS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE | Hackney | County of London | England & Wales |
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 20.27 | 21.9 | 23.1 |
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 20.12 | - | - |
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 21.93 | - | - |
| NEO-NATAL MORTALITY (Deaths of infants under four weeks of age): | Total | Male | Female |
| Legitimate | 35 | 19 | 16 |
| Illegitimate | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| NEO NATAL DEATH RATE | Hackney | England & Wales | |
| All infants per 1,000 live births | .. | 14.54 | 16.5 |
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | .. | 14.67 | - |
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | .. | 13.16 | - |
| PERINATAL MORTALITY (Stillbirths and deaths of | Total | Male | Female |
| infants under 1 week of age) | 88 (including 55 stillbirth) | 45 | 43 |
| Hackney | England & Wales | ||
| PERINATAL DEATH RATE per 1,000 live and still births | .. | 32.97 | 36.2 |
| MARRIAGES-Marriages to the number of 1,539 were solemnized in the borough giving a marriage rate of 9.33 per thousand of the home population The rate for England and Wales was 7.7. | |||