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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 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chigwell]
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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA
| Area (in acres) (13.7 sq. miles approx.) | 8,769 |
| Civilian population (mid 1965) | 55,940 |
| Number of inhabited houses (1.4.65) | 16,535 |
| Rateable value (1.4.65) | £2,767,652 |
| Sum represented by penny rate 1965/66 | £11,413 (re-estimated) |
| The rate in the pound for 1965/66 | 10/8d. |
| VITAL STATISTICS: Live Births: Number | 716 |
| Rate per 1000 population (standardised) | 14.2 |
| Illegitimate Live Births (per cent of total live births) | 7.2 |
| Stillbirths: Number | 11 |
| Rate per 1000 total live and still births | 15.1 |
| Total live and still births | 727 |
| Infant Deaths (deaths under .1 year): | 10 |
| Infant Mortality rates - Total infant cfeaths per 1000 total live births | 14.0 |
| Legitimate infant deaths per 1000 legitimate live births | 13.5 |
| Illegitimate infant deaths per 1000 illegitimate live births | 19.2 |
| Neo-natal Mortality Rate (deaths under 4 weeks per 1000 total live births) | 11.2 |
| Early Neo-natal Mortality Rate (deaths under one week per 1000 total live births) | 5.6 |
| Perinatal Mortality Rate (stillbirths and deaths under one week combined per 1000 total live and stillbirths) | 20.6 |
| Maternal Mortality (including abortion): | 9 |
| Number of deaths | 0 |
| Rate per 1000 total live and still births | 0 |
| Death Rate (all causes) per 1000 of population (standardised) | 10.7 |
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