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Edmonton 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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PART I. SOCIAL AND VITAL STATISTICS
TABLE I
SOCIAL STATISTICS
| Area | 3,896 acres (6.09 square miles) | |
| Population- | ||
| Census as 1951 | 104,270 | |
| Registrar General's estimate for mid-year 1958 | 95,118 | |
| Number of inhabited houses and separate dwellings at the end of 1958 | 28, 202 | |
| Number of inhabited houses and separate dwellings at the end of 1957 | 28,158 | |
| Rateable Value, April 1958 | £1,459,925 | |
| Estimated product of 1d rate in the £ for the year ending 31st March, 1959 | £5,940 | |
| Rate in the £ for the year ending 31st March, | 1959 | 18s. 0d. |
The Registrar General's estimate of Edmonton's population for midyear
1957 was 96,530. He, therefore, reckons that in twelve months the
population had fallen by 1,350 persons; this is due to families moving from
Edmonton to Enfield, Southgate, Potters Bar and Waltham Cross, and to the New
Towns and Expanding Towns in Hertfordshire, Essex, Sussex and Wiltshire.
Since the natural increase in the population is about 300, the Registrar
General estimates about 1,500 people or more leave Edmonton each year. Sample
checks from other sources seem to corroborate this. The Registrar General
does not think this is balanced to any extent by immigration into the Borough,
but immigration into the Borough still seems quite common. A true estimate
of Edmonton's population will have to await the 1961 census.
On the figures as they stand, the decrease in the population,
coupled with the increase in the number of houses should have led to a small
improvement in health and comfort.
TABLE II VITAL STATISTICS
| Live Births | M. | F. | Total | Grand Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 641 | 540 | 1,181 | |||
| Illegitimate | 26 | 27 | 53 | 1,234 | ||
| (Percentage of live births) | 4.29 | |||||
| Birth rate per 1,000 population | 12.96 | |||||
| Corrected birth rate | 12.83 | |||||
| Still Births | ||||||
| Legitimate | 6 | 13 | 19 | |||
| Illegitimate | - | - | - | |||
| Still birth rate per 1,000 | ||||||
| total live and still births | 15.16 | |||||
| Deaths | ||||||
| Number | 499 | 448 | 947 | |||
| Rate per 1,000 population | 9.94 | |||||
| Corrected death rate per | ||||||
| 1,000 population | 11.23 | |||||
| Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 | ||||||
| total live and still births | 0.79 (1 death) | |||||
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