London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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| All Infants per 1,000 live births | 16.71 | 14.2 | |
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 16.94 | ||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 15.48 | ||
| EARLY NEO-NATAL MORTALITY RATE (Deaths of infants under one week) | 14. 46 | ||
| PERINATAL MORTALITY (67 Still births and 58 deaths of infants under one week) .. | 125 | 63 | 62 |
| PERINATAL DEATH RATE PER 1,000 and still births | |||
| 30.66 | 29.3 | ||
| MATERNAL DEATHS (Including abortion) | 3 | 243 | |
| MATERNAL MORTALITY - Death rates per 1,000 live and still births | |||
| Maternal causes excluding abortion | 0.25 | 0.21 | |
| Due to abortion | 0. 49 | 0.07 | |
| Total Maternal mortality | 0.74 | 0 28 | |
| Total | Male | Female | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All causes | 1,008 | 1,014 | ||
| DEATH RATE (CRUDE) PER 1,000 POPULATION | 12 38 | 12. 2 | ||
| Death rate after applying Area Comparabilityfactor of 1.13 | 13.99 | |||
| TUBERCULOSIS DEATH RATE PER 1,000 POPULATION | 0 06 | 0 08 | 0.06 | |
MARRIAGES. Marriages to the number of 1,712 were solemnised in the
borough, giving a marriage rate of 10.49 per thousand of
the home population. The rate for England and Wales was7 4.