[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chigwell] page 6

Chigwell 1952

[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-1952)			56,830
Number of inhabited houses			14,950
Rateable value			£403,216
Sum represented by a penny rate			£1,600
The rate in the pound for 1951—2 was			19/4d.
Vital Statistics:
LIVE BIRTHS:	Male	Female	Total
Legitimate	442	462	904
Illegitimate	14	16	30
Total				934
Birth rate per 1,000 estimated resident population				15.3
STILL BIRTHS:	Male	Female	Total
Legitimate	10	11	21
Illegitimate	0	0	0
Total				21
Rate per 1,000 (live and still births)			20.0
	Male	Female	Total
Deaths	204	184	388
Death rate per 1,000 estimated resident population			6.9
Deaths from pregnancy, child birth and abortion			1
Deaths of infants under 1 year of age:
	Male	Female	Total
Legitimate	16	9	25
Illegitimate	1	2	3
Total				28
Deaths of infants under 4 weeks of age:
	Male	Female	Total
Legitimate	13	7	20
Illegitimate	1	2	3
Total				23