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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
Wanstead and Woodford 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wanstead and Woodford]
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| Area (in acres) | 3,824 |
| PoPulation—Registrar-General's estimate mid-year 1946 | 57,570 |
| Registrar-General's estimate mid-year 1945 Rateable value | 48,230 £583,264 |
| Sum represented by penny rate (1946-47) | £2,331 |
| Legitimate | Males | 537 | Females 544 | Total | 1,081 | ||
| Illegitimate | Males | 23 | Females 13 | Total | 36 | ||
| Total | Males | 560 | Females 557 | Total | 1,117 | ||
| Birth-rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population—19.2. | |||||||
| Legitimate | Males | 10 | Females | 10 | Total | 20 | |
| Illegitimate | Males | 2 | Females | — | Total | 2 | |
| Total | Males | 12 | Females | 10 | Total | 22 | |
| Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births—19.3. | |||||||
| Males | 317. | Females | 324. | Total | 641. | ||
| Death-rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population—11.1 | |||||||
| Deaths from puerperal causes:— | |||||||
| Puerperal and post-abortion sepsis | Nil | ||||||
| Other maternal causes | 3 | ||||||
| Total | 3 | ||||||
| Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 2.6 | ||||||
| Deaths of Infants under one year of age:— | |||||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 31.3 | ||||||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 24.0 | ||||||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 250.0 | ||||||
| 1946 | 1945 | ||||||
| Deaths from Cancer | 124 | 94 | |||||
| „ „ Measles | 1 | Nil | |||||
| „ „ Whooping Cough | Nil | Nil | |||||
| „ „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | 4 | Nil | |||||
| „ „ Road Traffic Accidents | 8 | 7 | |||||
| „ „ Suicide | 7 | 5 | |||||
| „ „ Other violent causes | 8 | 57* | |||||
| (*This includes enemy action) | |||||||