Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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WALTHAMSTOW Annual Averages during the five years stated
Quin quennial period | Popu 1ation | New dwellings | Births | Deaths | Natural increase | Birth rate | Death rate | Deaths under 1 year | Infant Mortality rate | Notifications of Infectious Disease | |||||||||||||
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S.P. | S.F. | Diph. | Enteric Fever | Erysi-pelas | E. L. | C. S.M. | Tuberculosis | Polio | Dysen-tery | Food poisoning | |||||||||||||
L. A. | P. E. | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||
Pul. | Non Pul. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1881/85 | 26720 | 1055 | 39.5 | 16.2 | |||||||||||||||||||
1886/90 | 41700 | 1476 | 616 | 860 | 35.4 | 14. 8 | 193 | 130.8 | 0.6 | ||||||||||||||
1891/95 | 53149 | 1823 | 820 | 1003 | 34. 3 | 15.4 | 251 | 137.7 | 5.2 | 326 | 152 | 62 | 86 | ||||||||||
1896/1900 | 79397 | 2503 | 1044 | 1459 | 31.5 | 13.1 | 386 | 151.6 | – | 356 | 271 | 100 | 98 | ||||||||||
1901/05 | 106186 | 3442 | 1242 | 2200 | 32.4 | 11.7 | 425 | 123.3 | 40.0 | 549 | 211 | 71 | 125 | ||||||||||
1906/10 | 114796 | 3454 | 1286 | 2168 | 29.9 | 11.2 | 353 | 101.4 | – | 599 | 216 | 26 | 107 | ||||||||||
1911/15 | 129830 | 3119 | 1420 | 1699 | 24.0 | 12.5 | 278 | 87.9 | – | 373 | 290 | 15 | 89 | 224 | 104 | 2.8 | |||||||
1916/20 | 129666 | 2540 | 1410 | 1130 | 19.0 | 11.4 | 174 | 69.9 | – | 329 | 366 | 6.0 | 58 | 261 | 67 | 6.6 | |||||||
1921/25 | 130199 | 114 | 58 | 172 | 2466 | 1290 | 1176 | 19.2 | 9.8 | 142 | 57.9 | – | 491 | 269 | 3.4 | 49 | 8.4 | 198 | 51 | 2.2 | |||
1926/30 | 124366 | 72 | 423 | 495 | 2025 | 1268 | 757 | 16.3 | 10.2 | 97 | 48.0 | 39.9 | 633 | 333 | 3.9 | 54 | 4 0 | 1.4 | 142 | 44 | 1.4 | ||
1931/35 | 134631 | 100 | 519 | 619 | 1758 | 1347 | 411 | 13.0 | 9.9 | 88 | 49.4 | 15.4 | 550 | 290 | 11 | 61 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 139 | 39 | 3.2 | 2 0 | |
1936/40 | 127140 | 30 | 220 | 252 | 1638 | 1401 | 237 | 12.8 | 11.2 | 66 | 42. 6 | – | 217 | 65 | 5.4 | 54 | 1, 6 | 2.8 | 126 | 27 | 3.4 | 23 | |
1941/45 | 99576 | 5 | 5 | 1695 | 1260 | 435 | 16.7 | 14.6 | 66 | 42.0 | – | 350 | 17 | 2. 2 | 28 | – | 10.2 | 130 | 26 | 1.0 | 48 | ||
1946/50 | 121864 | 219 | 54 | 273 | 2143 | 1299 | 844 | 18.6 | 10.6 | 61 | 27.6 | – | 192 | 5 | 2.6 | 35 | – | 5.0 | 127 | 17 | 9.9 | 7 | |
1951/55 | 119500 | 135 | 49 | 184 | 1478 | 1225 | 253 | 12.3 | 10.2 | 35 | 23.7 | – | 232 | – | 1.8 | 30 | 0.6 | 3.2 | 86 | 13 | 9.0 | 86 | 19 |
1956/58 (3 years | 115333 | 244 | 29 | 273 | 1337 | 1229 | 108 | 11.6 | 10.6 | 26 | 19.4 | 0.3 | 101 | – | 0.6 | 17 | 0.6 | 65 | 7 | 9.0 | 92 | 30 | |
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Key
L. A. Local Authority P. E. Private Enterprise
S. P. Smallpox S. F. Scarlet Fever Diph. Diphtheria E. L. Encephalitis Lethargica C. S. M. Cerebro Spinal Meningitis Pul. Pulmonary