[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton].

  • Leyton (London, England). Municipal Borough.
Date:
[1960?]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    VITAL STATISTICS Area in acres 2,594 Population (Census 1951) 105,978 Population (Registrar-General's Estimate, 1958) 97,830 Assessable Value for General Rate Purposes £1,365,558 Genera] Rate in the £ (1959/60) 20s. 10d The Registrar-General*s mid-year 1959 estimate of population (viz., 97,830) has been used for the calculation of the following statistics:- Live Births 1,204 Live Birth Rate per 1,000 population 12.30 Stillbirths 24 Stillbirth rate per 1,000 total (live and stillbirths) 19.54 Total Live and Stillbirths 1,228 Infant Deaths 13 Infant Mortality rate per 1,000 live births 10.79 ,, ,, ,, ,, 1,000 legitimate births 11.32 ,, ,, ,, ,, 1,000 illegitimate births Neo-Natal Mortality Rate (first four week) per 1,000 related live births 6.64 Early Neo-natal Mortality Rate (first week) per 1,000 related live births 4.15 Peri-natal Mortality Rate (stillbirths and deaths during the first week) per 1,000 total still and live births 23.61 Percentage of illegitimate live births 4.65 Maternal Deaths (including abortion) Maternal Mortality Rate (including abortion) per 1,000 total live births Total Deaths 1,388 Death Rate 14.18 Natural Decrease of Population 184 Comparability Factor To make approximate allowance for the way in which the sex and age distribution of the Borough population differs from that for England and Wales as a whole, the Registrar General has issued the following comparability factors for Leyton. Area comparability factor for births 0.99 Area comparability factor for deaths 0.80 These factors, when applied to the crude rates, produce the following adjusted rates:- Live Births 12.18 Deaths 11.34 (4)