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A—STATISTICS & SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA
Area (in acres) 4,343
Population (Registrar-General's Estimate, mid-year 1955) 117,800
Number of Assessments (31st December, 1955) 37,794
Rateable Value (31st December, 1955) £920,927
Sum represented by penny rate £3,700
Population.-The Registrar-General's Estimate of the home
population at mid-year, 1955, is 117,800 a decrease of 1,200 on the
previous year.
Employment.—According to information kindly supplied by
Mr. Percy C. Graham, Manager of the local Employment Exchange,
approximately 470 men and 270 women were placed in employment
every month during the year 1955 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 1955, the average number of
persons unemployed in the whole area was 560 men and 120
women, including 65 disabled men and 10 disabled women.
Extracts from Vital Statistics.— The Registrar-General's midyear
1955 estimate of the home population (viz., 117,800) has been
used for the calculation of all vital statistics.
Total Males Females
Legitimate 1,262 632 630 Birth rate per
Live Illegitimate 49 25 24 1,000 of the
Births Total 1,311 657 654 estimated home
population 11.3
Stillbirths 24 Rate per 1,000 total (live and still)
births 1.9
Deaths 1,188 Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated
home population 10.0
Deaths from puerperal causes:—
Puerperal Sepsis Deaths —
Other Puerperal Causes 1