[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tower Hamlets, London Borough].

  • Tower Hamlets (London, England). London Borough.
Date:
[1970]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tower Hamlets, London Borough]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    - 7 - SUMMARY OF STAT 1 ST 1 CS, 1969 Area of Borough (Acres) Population: 4, 876 Rateable Value (1st April) £15,120,322 Mid-year estimate 188, 080 Sum represented by a penny rate (1969-1970) £56,750 Census, 1966 196, 830 (Revised 1970 201,280) General Rate (1969-1970) Dwelling houses 12s. lid. in £ Census, 1961 205, 682 Density of population (persons per acre) 38.57 Mixed hereditaments 13s. 7d. in £ Number of inhabited dwellings according to Rate Books at 1st April, 1969 62, 843 structurally separate dwellings - Census 1961 59, 885 private households - Census 1961 67, 858 B i r t h s Total Male Fema1e All Births 2,646 1,332 1,314 Live Births Legitimate 2,308 1,163 1, 145 Illegitimate 304 156 148 Total: 2,612 1,319 1,293 Still Births Legitimate 31 12 19 Illegitimate 3 1 2 Total: 34 13 21 Deaths All Causes 2,315 1,260 1,055 Maternal 2 - 2 Infants under 1 year Legitimate 34 19 15 Illegitimate 12 7 5 Total: 46 26 20 Rates Live birth-rate per 1, 000 population 13.88 Death rate per 1,000 population 12.31 Still-birth rate per 1,000 total births 12. 85 Maternal death rate per 1, 000 total births 0.76 Infant death rate (under 1 year) per 1, 000 live births. 17.61 Legitimate infant death rate per 1, 000 legitimate live births 14.73 Illegitimate infant death rate per 1, 000 illegitimate live births 39.47 Neo-natal death rate (under 4 weeks) per 1, 000 live births 11. 86 Early neo-natal death rate (under 1 week) per 1, 000 live births 9. 95 Perinatal death rate (still births plus deaths under 1 week) per 1, 000 total births 22.67 Illegitimate live births per cent of total live births 11.63 Area Comparability Factors Births 0.92 Deaths 1.19