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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Chigwell 1958

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chigwell]

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Table: SECTION A.STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.

SECTION A.

STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.

Area (in acres) (14 sq. miles approx.)8,972
Civilian population ??? 1958)61,150
Number of inhabited houses16,950
Rateable Value£829,880
Sum represented by penny rate 1957/58£3,387
The rate in the pound for 1957/5817/7d.

Table: VITAL STATISTICS:

VITAL STATISTICS:

Live Births782
Live Birth rate per 1,000 population (corrected)11.8
Still-births9
Still-births rate per 1,000 live and still-births11.2
Total live and still-births791
Infant deaths13
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births-total16.6
" " " " " " " - legitimate17.3*
" " " " " " " - illegitimate0 +
Neo Natal " " " " " " - total (first four weeks)11.5
Illegitimate live births per cent of total live births4.0
Maternal deaths (including abortion)0
Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live and still-births0
D ath rate (all causes) per 1,000 of population9.9

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*Legitimate I.M.R.
legitimate deatha under 1 year
legitimate live births.
+Illegitimate I.M.R.
illegitimate deaths under 1 year
illegitimate live births.
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