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 Wanstead and Woodford]
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SECTION A.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA
| Area (in acres) | 3,824 | |||||
| Population—Registrar-General's estimate mid-year 1950 | 62,460 | |||||
| Registrar-General's estimate mid-year 1949 | 62,010 | |||||
| Rateable value | £618,033 | |||||
| Sum represented by penny rate | £2,504 | |||||
| Live Births: | ||||||
| Legitimate | Males | 415 | Females | 417 | Total | 832 |
| Illegitimate | Males | 4 | Females | 11 | Total | 15 |
| Total | Males | 419 | Females | 428 | Total | 847 |
| Birth-rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population—13.5 | ||||||
| Stillbirths. | ||||||
| Legitimate | Males | 9 | Females | 13 | Total | 22 |
| Illegitimate | Males | — | Females | — | Total | — |
| Total | Males | 9 | Females | 13 | Total | 22 |
| Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births—25.3 | ||||||
| Deaths: | ||||||
| Males —283. | Females-322. | Total-605. | ||||
| Death-rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population—9.6 | ||||||
| Deaths from puerperal causes:— | ||||||
| Puerperal and post-abortion sepsis | — | |||||
| Other maternal causes | 1 | |||||
| Total | 1 | |||||
| Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 1.15 | |||||
| Deaths of Infants under one year of age:— | ||||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 18.9 | |||||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 18.0 | |||||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 66.6 | |||||
| 1950 | 1949 | |||||
| Deaths from Cancer | 127 | 119 | ||||
| „ „ Measles | Nil | 1 | ||||
| „ „ Whooping Cough | Nil | Nil | ||||
| „ „ Diarrhœa (under 2 years of age) | 2 | 2 | ||||
| „ „ Road Traffic Accidents | 5 | 5 | ||||
| „ „ Suicide | 3 | 5 | ||||
| „ „ Other violent causes | 5 | 6 | ||||