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Population.—The Registrar-General's Estimate of the home
population at mid-year, 1952, is 120,400, a decrease of 500 on the
previous year.
Employment.—According to information kindly supplied by
Mr. Percy C. Graham, Manager of the Local Employment
Exchange, approximately 550 men and 350 women were placed
in employment every month during the year 1952 through the
placing machinery of the Employment Exchange. The number of
persons insured under the National Insurance Acts employed in
the whole area covered by the Exchange, comprising the Boroughs
of Walthamstow, Leyton, Chingford, and Wanstead and Woodford,
was approximately 82,000. Of this number, it is estimated that
about 40,000 were employed in Walthamstow. During 1952, the
average number of persons unemployed in the whole area was 900
men and 450 women; these included approximately 90 disabled
men and 30 disabled women.
Extracts from Vital Statistics.—The Registrar-General's midyear,
1952, estimate of the home population (viz., 120,400) has
been used for the calculation of all vital statistics.
Total Males Females
Live Birth Legitimate 1,446 739 707 Birth rate per
Illegitimate 66 36 30 1,000 of the
Total 1,512 775 737 estimated home
Population 12.6
Stillbirths 29 Rate per 1,000 total (live and still)
births 18.8
Deaths 1,304 Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated
home population 10.8
Deaths from puerperal causes:—
Puerperal Sepsis Deaths Nil
Other Puerperal Causes 3
Death rate of infants under one year of age:—
All infants per 1,000 live births 24.5
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 25.6
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births Nil
Deaths from Measles (all ages) Nil
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) 1
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under two years of age) 1
Pulmonary Tuberculosis death rate 0.18
Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis death rate Nil
The natural increase of population, i.e., excess of births over
deaths was 208.
The usual comparison of rates with those for the whole country
is shown in the table on the following page.
Deaths.—The Registrar-General's classification of causes of
death by sex totals is given.