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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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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| Hackney | England and Wales | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| NEO-NATAL MORTALITY RATE - | |||
| All Infants per 1,000 live births | 9. 57 | 15 6 | |
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 8 46 | ||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 17. 33 | ||
| EARLY NEO-NATAL MORTALITY RATE (Deaths of infants under one week) | 8.64 | ||
| PERINATAL MORTALITY (Still births and deaths of infants under one week of age) | |||
| 95 (including 67 still births) | 63 | 32 | |
| PERINATAL DEATH RATE PER 1,000 live and still births | 28 7 3 | 32.9 | |
| MATERNAL DEATHS (including abortion) | 3 | 311 | |
| MATERNAL MORTALITY - Death rates per 1,000 live and still births - | |||
| Maternal causes, excluding abortion | 0.60 | ||
| Due to abortion | 0. 31 | 0.08 | |
| 0.91 | 0. 39 | ||
MARRIAGES Marriages to the number of 1,542 were solemnised in the borough, giving a
marriage rate of 9.46 per thousand of the home population Hie rate for
England and Wales was 7,4.
DEATHS
| All causes | 1,779 | 909 | 870 |
| DEATH RATE (CRUDE) PER 1,000 POPULATION . | 10.91 | 11. 4 | 11. 5 |
| Death rate after applying "Area Comparability" factor of 1. 08 | 11. 78 | ||
| TUBERCULOSIS DEATH RATE PER 1,000 POPULATION | 0. 10 | 0 08 | 0 07 |