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 AND GENERAL INFORMATION
Area of Borough | 662 acres |
Population, Census 1961 | 40.455 |
Population, Registrar General s estimate, mid 1964 | 37,040 |
Number of houses; including separately rated flats at end of 1964 according to rate books | 12,008 |
Rateable Value | £4 090 048 |
Sum represented by penny rate | £15,883 |
Male | Female | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
Live Births | 291 | 275 | 566 |
Rate per l,000 population (crude rate) | 15.28 | ||
Do, (adjusted for Area Comparability Factor 0, 98) | 14.97 | ||
Illegitimate live births (per cent of total live births) | 10.42% | ||
Stillbirths | 7 | 3 | 10 |
Rate per 1,000 total live and still births | 17.36 | ||
Total Live and Still Births | 298 | 278 | 576 |
Infant Deaths (deaths under l year) | 7 | 6 | 13 |
Infant Mortality Rates | |||
Total infant deaths per l 000 total live births | 22.96 | ||
Legitimate infant deaths per 1,000 legitimate live births | 23.67 | ||
Illegitimate infant deaths per 1, 000 illegitimate live births | 16.95 | ||
Neo-natal Mortality Rate (deaths under 4 weeks per 1,000 total live births) | 19.43 | ||
Early Neo-natal Mortality Rate (deaths under l week per l,000 total live births) | 17.68 | ||
Perinatal Mortality Rate (stillbirths and deaths under l week combined per 1,000 total live and still births) | 34.72 | ||
Maternal Mortality (including abortion) | - | ||
(Rate per 1,000 total live and still births) Deaths | 246 | 216 | 462 |
Rate per l,000 population (crude rate) Do, (adjusted for Area Comparability Factor 1.04) | 12.47 12.97 |
Comparative vital statistics of the Borough during recent years are given in the following table:-
Year | Population | BIRTHS | DEATHS | INFANT DEATHS | |||
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Number | Rate | Number | Rate | Number | Rate per 1000 live births | ||
1953 | 45,770 | 815 | 15.66 | 615 | 13.96 | 18 | 22.08 |
1954 | 45,960 | 765 | 14,64 | 560 | 12.67 | 17 | 23.10 |
1955 | 45,480 | 761 | 14.72 | 585 | 13.37 | 15 | 19.71 |
1956 | 44,520 | 726 | 14.51 | 688 | 11.28 | 12 | 16.53 |
1957 | 43,870 | 729 | 14.95 | 615 | 10.51 | 16 | 21.94 |
1958 | 43,330 | 730 | 15.32 | 473 | 8.84 | 15 | 20.55 |
1959 | 43,330 | 596 | 12.51 | 552 | 11.85 | 16 | 26.84 |
1960 | 42,870 | 675 | 14.33 | 549 | 12.16 | 15 | 22.22 |
1961 | 40,530 | 683 | 15.83 | 516 | 11.46 | 18 | 26.35 |
1962 | 39,580 | 671 | 16 10 | 531 | 11.26 | 14 | 20.86 |
1963 | 38,330 | 598 | 15. 29 | 517 | 13.75 | 20 | 33.44 |
1964 | 37,040 | 566 | 14.97 | 462 | 12.97 | 13 | 22.96 |