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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 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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VITAL STATISTICS
Area 4,814 acres
Public open spaces 719 acres
Population
Estimate of Registrar General at raid-year 1968 243,180
Density per acre 50.5
Rateable Value
Rateable value of the Borough £14,738,186
Estimated product of a penny rate £56,940
Number of inhabited homes 66,175
Marriages 1,486
| Legitimate | Illegitimate | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | |
| Live Births | 2,036 | 2,026 | 4,062 | 419 | 431 | 850 | 2,455 | 2,457 | 4,912 |
| Still Births | 31 | 24 | 55 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 37 | 31 | 68 |
| Live and Still Births | 2,067 | 2,050 | 4,117 | 425 | 438 | 863 | 2,492 | 2,488 | 4,980 |
| Deaths (all causes) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1,452 | 1,505 | 2,957 |
| Infant Mortality | 51 | 33 | 84 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 63 | 51 | 114 |
| Neo-natal Mortality | 38 | 26 | 64 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 48 | 40 | 88 |
| Early Neo-natal Mortality | 34 | 21 | 55 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 43 | 33 | 76 |
| Perinatal Mortality | 65 | 45 | 110 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 80 | 64 | 144 |
| Maternal Mortality | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
Crude birth rate per 1,000 population 20.2
Adjusted birth rate (area comparability factor 0.91) 18.4
Illegitimate birth rate per cent of total live births 17.3
Illegitimate birth rate for Greater London .. .. 11.5
Illegitimate birth rate for England and Wales .. 8.4
Stillbirth rate per 1,000 live and still births .. 13.7
Death rate
Crude Death rate per 1,000 population 12.2
Adjusted Death rate (area comparability factor 1.10) 13.4
Infant Mortality rate per 1,000 live births 23.2
(Legitimate 20.7, Illegitimate 35.3)
Neo-natal Mortality rate per 1,000 live births 17.9
(Legitimate 15.8, Illegitimate 28.2)
Early Neo-natal Mortality rate per 1,000 live births 15.5
(Legitimate 13.5, Illegitimate 24.7)
Perinatal Mortality rate per 1,000 live and still births 28.9
(Legitimate 26.7, Illegitimate 39.4)
Maternal Mortality rate per 1,000 live and still births 0.4
The birth rate in the Borough continued to be higher than that for
England and Wales in general and that for Greater London. It is also higher
than that for the two neighbouring Boroughs of Islington and Tower Hamlets,
but it still reflects the falling national trend having dropped from 19.7 in
1967 to 18.4 per 1,000 live births this year. The birth rate for Greater
London has actually shown a slight rise.