Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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STATISTICS
Area of Borough - 863 acres Street Mileage 26,37
Rateable Value at April 1964 £2,114,455
Estimated Net Product of 1d. Rate £8,350
Registrar-General's Estimate of Population mid 1964 53,330
Births Total Legitimate Illegitimate
Males 723 601 122
Females 720 592 128
1,443 1,193 250
Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated population 27.06
Area comparability factor 0.86
Number of still-births 15
Still-birth rate per 1,000 live and still-births 10.29
Illegitimate live births per cent. of total live births 17.32
Deaths
Deaths (males 273: females 276) 549
Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated population 10.29
Area comparability factor 1.24
Deaths from maternal causes -
Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live and still births -
Deaths of infants under 1 year (males 19: females 15) 34
Infants under 1 year: Infant Mortality Rate
All infants per 1,000 live births 23.56
Legitimate Infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 18.71
Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 28.00
Deaths of Infants under 4 weeks (males 11: females 12) 23
Neo Natal (first 4 weeks) mortality rate per 1,000 live births 15.94
Deaths of Infants under 1 week of age (males 11: females 11) 22
Early Neo Natal (under one week) mortality rate per 1,000 live births 15.25
Perinatal (still births and deaths under 1 week combined)
mortality rate per 1,000 live and still births 25.41