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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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Extracts from Vital Statistics.—The Registrar-General's mid' year, 1947, estimate of the population (viz., 122,470) has been used for the calculation of all vital statistics:—
| Total | Males | Females | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | Legitimate | 2,597 | 1,332 | 1,265 | Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population | 21.8 |
| Illegitimate | 73 | 36 | 37 | |||
| Total | 2,670 | 1,368 | 1,302 | |||
| Stillbirths | 59 | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 21.6 | |||
| Deaths | 1,315 | Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population | 10.7 | |||
Deaths from puerperal causes:—
| Rate per 1,000 (live and still) births. | ||
|---|---|---|
| Puerperal Sepsis Deaths | — | — |
| Other Puerperal Causes | 4 | 1.47 |
| Total | 4 | 1.47 |
Death rate of infants under one year of age:—
All infants per 1,000 live births 29
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 29
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 13
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 2
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) —
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under two years of age) 6
Pulmonary Tuberculosis death rate 0.43
Non-pulmonary Tuberculosis death rate 0.04
(All death rates are per 1,000 of the estimated residential
population.)