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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 1961
[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 | 14.72 | 15.5 | |
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 16.10 | ||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 7.18 | ||
| EARLY NEO-NATAL MORTALITY RATE (Deaths of infants under one week) | 13.61 | ||
| PERINATAL MORTALITY (48 Still births and 49 | |||
| deaths of infants under one week) | 97 | 54 | 43 |
| PERINATAL DEATH RATE PER 1,000 live and still | |||
| births | 26.59 | 32.2 | |
| MATERNAL DEATHS (Including abortion) | 2 | 274 | |
| MATERNAL MORTALITY-Death rates per 1,000 live and still births- | |||
| Maternal causes, excluding abortion | 0.27 | 0.27 | |
| Due to abortion | 0.27 | 0.07 | |
| Total Maternal mortality | 0.55 | 0.33 | |
| DEATHS | |||
| All causes | 1,919 | 957 | 962 |
| DEATH RATE (CRUDE) PER 1,000 POPULATION | 11.76 | 11.9 | 12.0 |
| Death rate after applying "Area Comparability" factor of 1.07 | 12.58 | ||
| TUBERCULOSIS DEATH RATE PER 1,000 POPULATION | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.07 |
MARRIAGES Marriages to the number of 1,649 were solemnised in the borough,
giving a marriage rate of 10 10 per thousand of the home
population. The rate for England and Wales was 7.5.