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 Chigwell]
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ChigweU Urban District | Average England and Wales | |||
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Area (in acres) 8,972 (14 sq. miles approx.) | ||||
Civilian population (mid 1957) | 60,420 | |||
Number of inhabited houses | 16,609 | |||
Rateable Value | £823,369 | |||
Sum represented by penny rate | £3354 | |||
The rate in the pound for 1956-57 was | 16/10 | |||
Male | Female | Total | ||
Legitimate | 365 | 377 | 742 | |
Illegitimate | 11 | 13 | 24 | |
Total | 766 | |||
Birth rate per 1,000 estimated resident population (corrected) | 11.7 | 16.1 | ||
Still Births | Male | Female | Total | |
Legitimate | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
Illegitimate | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Total | 9 | |||
Rate per 1,000 (live and still births) | 10.7 | 22.4 | ||
Male | Female | Total | ||
215 | 203 | 418 | ||
Death rate per 1,000 estimated resident populations (corrected) | 10.4 | 11.5 | ||
Deaths from pregnancy, childbirth and abortion | 0 | 0.47* | ||
Deaths of infants under 1 year of age: | ||||
Male | Female | Total | ||
Legitimate | 6 | 12 | 18 | |
Illegitimate | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Total | 19 | |||
Deaths of infants under 4 weeks of age: | ||||
Male | Female | Total | ||
Legitimate | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
Illegitimate | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Total | 12 |
*per thousand total births.
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