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Walthamstow 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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The total number of deaths in 1952 (1,304), compares with
1,309 in 1951, the death rates for each year being 10.8 per 1,000
population.
Comparability Factor.—The comparability factors for
Walthamstow are given by the Registrar-General as follows:—
Comparability factor for births 0.96
Comparability factor for deaths 1.04
The above factors, when applied to the crude rates, produce
the following adjusted rates:—
Live births 12.1
Deaths 11.3