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Walthamstow 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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A.— STATISTICS & SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA
Area (in acres) 4,343
Population (Registrar-General's Estimate, mid-year 1956) 116,700
Number of Assessments (31st December, 1956) 38,649
Rateable Value (31st December, 1956) £1,665,231
Estimated Product of a penny rate £6,500
Population.— The Registrar-General's Estimate of the home
population at mid-year, 1956, is 116,700 a decrease of 1,100 on the
previous year.
The following comparison between the years 1930 and 1956 illustrates the changing picture in health and disease.
| 1956 | 1930 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 116,700 | 124,800 | ||
| Rateable Value | £1,665,231 | £645,572 | ||
| Product of Penny Rate | £6,500 | £2,670 | ||
| Infant Mortality | 18.7 | 39 | ||
| Notifications | Notifications | |||
| Diphtheria | Nil | Nil | 22 | |
| Smallpox | Nil | Nil | 189 | Nil |
| Tuberculosis | 77 | 8 | 159 | 89 |
| Measles | 498 | |||
| *Cancer | 264 | 167 | ||
| *Vascular Diseases | 561 | 308 | ||
*The classification of causes of death has been materially altered during the
period.
CENSUS, 1951
Report on Usual Residence and Workplace
The publication of this Report during 1956 yielded information
of interest in regard to the Borough and which briefly is as
follows:—
The enumerated occupied population amounted to 39,572
Males and 21,068 Females, a total of 60,640.