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Walthamstow 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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Death rate of infants under one year of age :—
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 22.3 |
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 21.7 |
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 40.0 |
| Deaths from measles (all ages) | — |
| Deaths from whooping cough (all ages) | — |
| Deaths from diarrhoea (under two years of age) | 1 |
| Pulmonary tuberculosis death rate | 0.08 |
| Non-pulmonary tuberculosis death rate | 0.008 |
The natural increase of population, i.e., excess of births over
deaths was 333.
Deaths.— The Registrar-General's classification of causes of
death by sex totals is given.
The total number of deaths in 1954 (1,141), compares with
1,183 in 1953, the respective death rates being 9.5 and 9.9 per
1,000 population.
Comparability Factor.— To make an approximate allowance for
the way in which the sex and age distribution of the local population
differs from that for England and Wales as a whole, the crude
birth and death rates for the areas should be multiplied by the
appropriate area comparability factor. When local crude birth
and death rates have been so adjusted, they are comparable with
the crude rate for England and Wales or with the corresponding
adjusted rate for any other area.
The comparability factors for Walthamstow are given by the
Registrar-General as follows :—
Comparability factor for births 0.98
Comparability factor for deaths 1.02
The above factors, when applied to the crude rates, produce
the following adjusted rates:—
Live births 12.0
Deaths 9.6