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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 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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VITAL STATISTICS
| Area | 4,812 acres |
| Public open sapces | 719 acres |
| Population | |
| Estimate of Registrar General at mid-year 1966 | 251,310 |
| Density per acre | 52.2 |
| Rateable Value | |
| Rateable value of the Borough | £14,602,136 |
| Estimated product of a penny rate | £57,000 |
| No. of inhabited homes | 66,087 |
| Marriages | 1,280 |
Births and Deaths
| Legitimate | Illegitimate | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | |
| Live Births | 2,469 | 2,399 | 4,868 | 449 | 404 | 853 | 2,918 | 2,803 | 5,721 |
| Still Births | 41 | 32 | 73 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 52 | 39 | 91 |
| Live and Still Births | 2,510 | 2, 431 | 4,941 | 460 | 411 | 871 | 2,970 | 2,842 | 5,812 |
| Deaths (all causes) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1,511 | 1,468 | 2,979 |
| Infant Mortality | 59 | 49 | 108 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 73 | 54 | 127 |
| Neo-natal Mortality | 38 | 37 | 75 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 45 | 41 | 86 |
| Early Neo-natal Mortality | 36 | 33 | 69 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 42 | 37 | 79 |
| Perinatal Mortality | 77 | 65 | 142 | 17 | 11 | 28 | 94 | 76 | 170 |
| Maternal Mortality | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 |
Crude birth rate per 1,000 population 22.8
Adjusted birth rate (area comparability
factor 0.9) 20.5
Illegitimate birth rate per cent of total
live births 14.9
Illegitimate birth rate for Greater London 10.9
Illegitimate birth rate for England and Wales 7.9
Stillbirth rate per 1,000 live and still
births 15.7