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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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| Hackney | Engl and and Wales | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| NEO NATAL DEATH RATE | |||
| All Infants per 1,000 live births | 14.91 | 15.8 | |
| Legitimate Infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 14.66 | ||
| Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 16.81 | ||
| ILLEGITIMATE LIVE BIRTHS PER CENT OF TOTAL LIVE BIRTHS | 11.32 | ||
| MATERNAL DEATHS (including abortion) | 4 | 291 | |
| MATERNAL MORTALITY - Death rates per 1,000 live and still births | |||
| Maternal causes, excluding abortion | 1.24 | 0.32 | |
| Due to abortion | - | 0.06 | |
| 1.24 | 0.38 | ||
| PERINATAL MORTALITY (Still births and deaths of infants under 1 week of age) | 118 (including 77 still births) | 62 | 56 |
| PERINATAL DEATH RATE PER 1,000 live and still births | 36.53 | 34.2 | |
| DEATHS | |||
| All causes | 970 | 939 | |
| DEATH RATE (CRUDE) PER 1,000 POPULATION | 11.7 | 11.9 | 11.6 |
| Death rate after applying "Area Comparability" factor of l.08 | 12.63 | - | - |
| TUBERCULOSIS DEATH RATE PER 1,000 POPULATION | 0. 12 | 0. 11 | 0.08 |
MARRIAGES, Marriages to the number of 1,563 were solemnised in the borough, giving a
marriage rate of 9.58 per thousand of the home population. The rate for
England and Wales was 7.5.