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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
Walthamstow 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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| St. James Street. | High Street. | Hoe Street. | Wood Street. | Hale End. | Higham Hill. | Totals. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 1st quarter | 63 | 50 | 46 | 48 | 45 | 39 | 38 | 39 | 37 | 32 | 65 | 60 | 294 | 268 |
| 2nd quarter | 65 | 61 | 40 | 36 | 40 | 49 | 32 | 39 | 36 | 47 | 54 | 54 | 267 | 286 |
| 3rd quarter | 63 | 59 | 35 | .39 | 44 | 42 | 33 | 46 | 29 | 29 | 52 | 41 | 256 | 256 |
| 4th quarter | 53 | 58 | 33 | 37 | 41 | 43 | 37 | 19 | 44 | 31 | 40 | 41 | 248 | 229 |
| 244 | 228 | 154 | 160 | 170 | 173 | 140 | 143 | 146 | 139 | 211 | 196 | 1065 | 1039 | |
| Totals | 472 | 314 | 343 | 283 | 285 | 407 | 2104 | |||||||
| Number of Births as given by R.G. | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1161 | 1130 | ||||||
| 2291 | ||||||||||||||
| Population (enumerated, 1921) | 25000 | 20000 | 24000 | 17500 | 18500 | 25000 | 130000 | |||||||
| Population (assumed, 1924) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||
| Birth-rate 1924 | 18.8 | 15.7 | 14.3 | 16.2 | 15.4 | 16.2 | 17.4 | |||||||
| Infantile Mortality Rate 1924 | 61.4 | 79.6 | 75.8 | 77.7 | 56.1 | 68.8 | 64.1 | |||||||