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 Surbiton]
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VITAL STATISTICS.
Based on Registrar General's population figure of 62,850 and on adjusted statistics supplied by the Registrar General.
LIVE BIRTHS: | Male | Female | TOTAL | |
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Legitimate | 439 | (421) | 449 (459) | 888 (880) |
Illegitimate | 22 | (19) | 14 (22) | 36 (41) |
Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population. | 14.70 (14.36) | |||
Adjusted birth rate (Comparability factor 1.00) | 14.70 (14.36) | |||
England and Wales. | 17.45 (17.1) | |||
STILL BIRTHS: | ||||
Legitimate | 4 | (4) | 7 (6) | 11 (10) |
Illegimate | 1 | (2) | -(-) | 1 (3) |
Rate per 1,000 (live and still) births. | 12.82 (13.91) | |||
TOTAL LIVE & STILL BIRTHS: | Male | Female | TOTAL | |
466 | (446) | 470 (488) | 936 (934) | |
England and Wales (Still births) | 18.7 (19.7) | |||
INFANT DEATHS: Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births. | 16.23 (17.37) | |||
England and Wales. | 21.4 (21.7) | |||
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births - legitimate | 14.63 (18.18) | |||
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births - illegitimate | 55.5 (Nil) | |||
Neo natal mortality rate (first four weeks) per 1,000 live births. | 14.06 (14.11) | |||
Perinatal mortality rate | 11.90 (12.74) | |||
Illegitimate live births per cent of total live births. | 3.89 (4.45) | |||
Maternal deaths (including abortions) | Nil (Nil) | |||
Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live and still births | Nil (Nil) | |||
DEATHS: | Male | Female | TOTAL | |
329 (353) | 335 (322) | 664 (675) | ||
Crude death rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population. | 10.56 (10.53) | |||
Adjusted death rate (comparability factor 1.06) | 11.19 (11.16) | |||
England and Wales (all causes) | 12.0 (12.2) | |||
The figures in parenthesis are those for 1960.
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