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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
Leyton 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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| Number of persons per room (Census 1951) | 0.75 |
| Number of dwellings occupied by one private household | 20,012 |
| Number of dwellings occupied by two private households | 6,728 |
| Number of dwellings occupied by three or more private households | 394 |
| Assessable Value for General Rate purposes (1955/6) | £785,391 |
| Sum represented by a Penny Rate for General Rate purposes (1955/56) | £3,170 |
Vital Statistics
| Population | |
| Live Births:— | |
| Legitimate Males | |
| Females | |
| Illegitimate Males | |
| Females | 20 |
| Totals | |
| Birth rate per 1,000 of population | |
| Stillbirths:— | |
| Males | |
| Females | |
| Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 13.03 |
| Deaths:— | |
| Males | |
| Females | |
| Totals | |
| Death Rate per 1,000 | |
| Number of women dying from diseases and accidents of pregnancy and childbirth:— | |
| From sepsis | |
| From other causes | |
| Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 0.00 |
| Death rate of infants under one year of age:— | |
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 24.64 |
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 25.45 |
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 0.00 |
| The natural decrease of population (i.e. excess of deaths over births) was 122. | |