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Hornchurch 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornchurch]
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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA
| Area in acres (including half of tidal basin) | 20,308 |
| Registrar-General's estimate of Home Population (mid-year) 1954 | 107,100 |
| Number of inhabited houses according to rate books (September, 1954) | 32,492 |
| Rateable value (September, 1954) | £828,141 |
| Sum represented by a penny rate (September, 1954) | £3,290 |
| Extracts from Vital Statistics for the Year. | |
| Number of live births allocated to the District as adjusted for inward and outward transfers | 1,611 |
| (807 males, 804 females) | |
| Birth rate per 1,000 Home Population using area comparability factor... | 14.73 |
| Number of stillbirths allocated to the District | 32 |
| (16 males, 16 females) | |
| Stillbirth rate per 1,000 Home Population | 0.29 |
| Stillbirth rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 19.05 |
| Number of deaths of Hornchurch residents as supplied by the Registrar-General (adjusted for inward and outward transfers) | 1,126 |
| (581 males, 545 females) | |
| Death rate per 1,000 Home Population using area comparability factor | 12.08 |
| Deaths of infants under one year of age | 28 |
| (16 males, 12 females) | |
| Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 births) | 17.38 |
| Deaths of infants under 4 weeks of age | 22 |
| (12 males, 10 females) | |
| Neonatal mortality rate (per 1,000 births) | 13.65 |