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A.—STATISTICS 8C SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA
Area (in acres) 4,343
Population (Registrar-General's Estimate, mid-year 1953) 119,400
Number of Assessments (31st December, 1953) 37,186
Rateable Value (31st December, 1953) £916,517
Sum represented by penny rate £3,690
Population.—The Registrar-General's Estimate of the home
population at mid-year, 1953, is 119,400, a decrease of 1,000 on
the previous year.
Employment.—According to information kindly supplied by
Miss G. Cordell, Manager of the Local Employment Exchange,
approximately 650 men and 340 women were placed in employment
every month during the year 1953, 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, Wanstead and Woodford was approximately
82,000. Of this number, it is estimated that about 40,000 were
employed in Walthamstow. During 1953, the average number of
persons unemployed in the whole Area was 970 men and 390
women, these included 90 disabled men and 25 disabled women.
Extracts from Vital Statistics.—The Registrar-General's midyear
1953 estimate of the home population (viz., 119,400) has
been used for the calculation of all vital statistics.
Total Males Females
Legitimate 1,404 709 695 Birth rate per
Live Illegitimate 50 26 24 1,000 of the
Births Total 1,454 735 719 estimated home
population 12.2
Stillbirths 38 Rate per 1,000 total (live and still)
births 25.5
Deaths 1,183 Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated
home population 9.9
Deaths from puerperal causes:—
Puerperal Sepsis Deaths -
Other Puerperal Causes 2