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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Chigwell 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chigwell]
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SECTION A
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA
| Area (in acres) 8,970 (14 sq. miles approx,) | |||
| Civilian Population (mid-1950) | 48,680 | ||
| Number of inhabited houses | 12,567 | ||
| Rateable Value | £337,140 | ||
| Sum represented by a penny rate | £1,462 | ||
| The rate in the pound for 1950/51 was | 17/0d. | ||
| Live Births: | Male | Female | Total |
| Legitimate | 378 | 427 | 805 |
| Illegitimate | 22 | 22 | 44 |
| Total | 849 | ||
| Birth rate per 1,000 estimated resident population | 17.4 | ||
| Vital Statistics: | |||
| Still Births: | Male | Female | Total |
| Legitimate | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| Illegitimate | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 11 | ||
| Rate per 1,000 (live and still) births 12.8 | |||
| Male | Female | Total | |
| Deaths | 199 | 135 | 334 |
| Death rate per 1,000 estimated resident population | 6.9 | ||
| Deaths from pregnancy, child birth and abortion | 0 | ||
| Deaths of infants under 1 year of age | |||
| Legitimate | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| Illegitimate | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 15 | ||
| Deaths of infants under 4 weeks of age | |||
| Legitimate | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Illegitimate | 0 | 0 | |