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Walthamstow 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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Mr. Dempsey states that the following were the registrations at the Juvenile Employment Bureau:—

Boys.Girls.Total.
Live Register at beginning of year141125
Fresh Registrations during year1,5411,7083,249
Registrations during year8674181,285
Live register at end of year5566121

Industrial Activity.—Considerable industrial activity has been
apparent in the erection of new factories and in the extension of
existing works. I
Parks and Recreation Grounds.—No change since 1937.
Extracts from Vital Statistics.—The Registrar-General's
mid-year, 1938, estimate of population (viz., 130,800) has been
used for the calculation of all vital statistics:—
Total. Males. Females.
Live Births "Legitimate 1,572 771 801 Birth rate per
Illegitimate 45 28 17
Total l,617 799 818 1,000 of the estimated resident
population 12.3
Stillbirths 70 Rate per 1,000 total (live and still)
births 41.7
Deaths 1,340 Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated
resident population 10.2
Deaths from puerperal causes:— Rate per 1,000 (live
and still) births.
Puerperal Sepsis Deaths 1 0.59
Other Puerperal Causes 2 1.18
Total 3 1.78
Death rate of infants under one year of age:—
All infants per 1,000 live births 40
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 40
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 66
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 5
,, ,, Whooping Cough (all ages) 2
,, ,, Diarrhœa (under 2 years of age) 7