London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Hackney 1971

[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 219,240
Density per acre 45.8
Rateable Value
Rateable value of the Borough £15,048,551
Estimated product of a penny rate £138,000
Number of inhabited homes 67,471
Marriages 1,457
Births and Deaths
Legitimate
Illigitimate
Total
Male
Female
Total
Male
Female
Total
Male
Female
Total
Live Birth
1,684
1,630
3, 314
374
409
783
2,058
2,039
4,097
Still Birth
27
15
42
7
8
15
34
23
57
Live & Still Births
1,711
1,645
3, 356
381
417
798
2,092
2,062
4,154
Deaths (all causes)
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,437
1,445
2,882
Infant Mortality
39
37
76
7
15
22
46
52
98
Neo-natal Mortality
26
20
46
5
8
13
31
28
59
Early Neo-natal Mortality
23
19
42
4
6
10
27
25
52
Perinatal Mortality
50
34
84
11
14
25
61
48
109
Crude birth rate per 1,000 population 18.7
Adjusted birth rate (area comparability factor 0.91) 17.0
Illegitimate birth rate per cent of total live births 19.0
Illegitimate birth rate for Greater London 11.0
Illegitimate birth rate for England and Wales 8.0
Stillbirth rate per 1,000 live and still births 14.0
Death rate
Crude Death rate per 1, 000 population 13.1
Adjusted Death rate (area comparability factor 1.07) 14.4
Infant Mortality rate per 1,000 live births 24.0
(Legitimate 23 - Illegitimate 28)
Neo-natal Mortality rate per 1,000 live births 14.0
Early Neo-natal Mortality rate per 1,000 live births 13.0
Perinatal Mortality rate per 1,000 live and still births 26.0
Maternal Mortality rate per 1,000 live and still births 0.1