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Hornchurch 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornchurch]
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SECTION A.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OP THE AREA.
Area in acres (land and inland water) 19,768
Estimate of the resident population (mid-vear) 1945 84,430
Number of inhabited houses (Sept., 1945) according to
Rate Books 26,757
Rateable Value (September, 1945) £670,706
Sum represented by a Penny Rate (September, 1945) £2,780
Social Conditions.
The character and industries of the District remain largely
unaltered as compared with 1944.
Vital Statistics.
Extracts from the Vital Statistics of the year.
Number of births registered in the District (767
males, 786 females) 1,553
Birth rate per 1,000 estimated population 18.4
Number of deaths registered in the District:—
Residents 560
Non-residents 104
Number of deaths of residents occurring outside
the District 385
Total number (adjusted for inward and outward
transfers) 841
Death rate per 1,000 estimated population 9.9
Puerperal Deaths :—
(a) from sepsis 0
(b) from other causes 3