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The total number of deaths in 1959 (1,220) compares with 1,170
in 1958, the respective death rates being 10.8 and 10.2 per 1,000
population.
The comparability factors for Walthamstow are given by the
Registrar-General as follows:-
Comparability factor for births 1.00
Comparability factor for deaths 1.06
The above factors, when applied to the crude rates, produce
the following adjusted rates:-
Live births 12.7
Deaths 11.4
DEATHS FROM ACCIDENTS IN THE HOME
Thirteen deaths occurred in 1959 from this cause. Eight died in
hospital and five at home. The ages and sexes were:Male
62, 78. 79, 83, 85, 88, Female 64, 67, 67, 73, 83, 89 95.
In order to put these and other deaths in proper perspective,.
the following comparison is made:-
Cause of Death 1958 - 1959
(a) Suicide 14 14
(b) Motor Vehicle Accidents 13 10
(c) All other accidents 13 18
(d) Accidents in the home (included in
~line (c) 7 13
(e) Tuberculosis 7 4
(f) Poliomyelitis Nil Nil
Employment According to information kindly supplied by Mr.L. A.
Houseman, Manager of the Local Employment Exchange, approximately
340 men and 180 women were placed in employment every month during
the year 1959 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 80.000. Of this number
it is estimated that about 34,000 were employed in Walthamstow.
During 1959, the average number of persons unemployed in the whole
area was 900 men and 190 women, including 140 disabled men and 15
disabled women.
Note.- The figures of insured persons are based partly on the
number of N.I. cards exchanged during the June to September
quarter and partly on returns rendered by certain employers showing
the number of N.I. cards they hold. Caution should be exercised
in comparing the number of persons unemployed with the insured
persons. An unemployed person need not necessarily register at
an Employment Exchange in the area where his N.I. card is
exchanged. Normally an employed person's N.I. card would be
counted in the area in which he works, while if he became unemployed
he would be likely to register at the Empl qyment Exchange in the
area in which he lives.