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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 1939

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wanstead and Woodford]

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EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR.
Live Births.

Table: Live Births(a) for calculating birth rates.

Live Births

(a) for calculating birth rates.

LegitimateMales393.Females343.TOTAL736.
Illegitimate„8„19.„27.
TOTAL„401.„362.„763.

Table: (b) for calculating infantile and maternal mortalities.

(b) for calculating infantile and maternal mortalities.

LegitimateMales380.Females334.TOTAL714.
Illegitimate„8.„19.„27.
TOTAL„388.„353„741.

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Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population - 13.7

Table: Stillbirths.

Stillbirths.

LegitimateMales16.Females19.TOTAL35.
Illegitimate„1.„0.„1.
TOTAL„17.„19.„36.

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Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births - 45.1
Deaths.
Males - 268. Females - 287. TOTAL - 555.
Crude Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population.
- 10.4.
Adjusted Death Rate - 10.1.
4.