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Hackney 1964

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table: STATISTICS AND GENERAL INFORMATION

STATISTICS AND GENERAL INFORMATION

Area of Borough662 acres
Population, Census 196140.455
Population, Registrar General s estimate, mid 196437,040
Number of houses; including separately rated flats at end of 1964 according to rate books12,008
Rateable Value£4 090 048
Sum represented by penny rate£15,883

Table: EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1964

EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1964

MaleFemaleTotal
Live Births291275566
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%
Stillbirths7310
Rate per 1,000 total live and still births17.36
Total Live and Still Births298278576
Infant Deaths (deaths under l year)7613
Infant Mortality Rates
Total infant deaths per l 000 total live births22.96
Legitimate infant deaths per 1,000 legitimate live births23.67
Illegitimate infant deaths per 1, 000 illegitimate live births16.95
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) Deaths246216462
Rate per l,000 population (crude rate) Do, (adjusted for Area Comparability Factor 1.04)12.47 12.97

Table: Comparative vital statistics of the Borough during recent years are given in the following table:-

Comparative vital statistics of the Borough during recent years are given in the following table:-

YearPopulationBIRTHSDEATHSINFANT DEATHS
NumberRateNumberRateNumberRate per 1000 live births
195345,77081515.6661513.961822.08
195445,96076514,6456012.671723.10
195545,48076114.7258513.371519.71
195644,52072614.5168811.281216.53
195743,87072914.9561510.511621.94
195843,33073015.324738.841520.55
195943,33059612.5155211.851626.84
196042,87067514.3354912.161522.22
196140,53068315.8351611.461826.35
196239,58067116 1053111.261420.86
196338,33059815. 2951713.752033.44
196437,04056614.9746212.971322.96