[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chigwell] page 6

Chigwell 1956

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chigwell]

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SECTION A

STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA

			Chigwell Urban District	Average England and Wales
Area (in acres) 8,!	8,372 (14 sq. miles approx.)
Civilian Population (mid-1956)			59,740
Number of inhabited houses			16,683
Rateable Value			£842,244
Sum represented by a penny rate			£3,409
The rate in the pound for 1955-56 was			15/10
VITAL STATISTICS:
Live Births	Male	Female	Total
Legitimate	411	360	771
Illegitimate	18	15	33
			Total 804
Birth rate per 1,000 estimated resident popualtion (corrected)			12.5	15.7
Still Births	Male	Female	Total
Legitimate	8	8	16
Illegitimate	1	0	1
			Total 17
Rate per 1,000 (live and still births)			20.7	23.0
Deaths	Male	Female	Total
	203	178	381
Death rate per 1,000 estimated resident population (corrected)			9.6	11.7
Deaths from pregnancy, childbirth and abortion			0	0.56*
Deaths of infants under 1 year of age:
	Male	Female	Total
Legitimate	5	4	9
Illegitimate	0	1	1
			Total 10
Deaths of infants under 4 weeks of age:
	Male	Female	Total
Legitimate	5	4	9
Illegitimate	0	1	1
			Total 10
*Per 1,000 total births.