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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
Wanstead and Woodford 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wanstead and Woodford]
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| Area (in acres) | 3,824 | ||||||||
| Population—Registrar-General's estimate mid-year 1958 | 61,220 | ||||||||
| „ Registrar-General's estimate mid-year 1957 | 60,970 | ||||||||
| Rateable Value | £999,825 | ||||||||
| Sum represented by penny rate | £4,016 | ||||||||
| Legitimate | Males | 377 | Females | 349 | Total | 726 | |||
| Illegitimate | Males | 14 | Females | 8 | Total | 22 | |||
| Total | Males | 391 | Females | 357 | Total | 748 | |||
| Birth-rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population—12.2 | |||||||||
| Legitimate | Males | 9 | Females | 4 | Total | 13 | |||
| Illegitimate | Males | — | Females | — | Total | - | |||
| Total | Males | 9 | Females | 4 | Total | 13 | |||
| Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births—17.4. | |||||||||
| Males—314 | Females—382 | Total—696. | |||||||
| Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population—11.37 | |||||||||
| Deaths from puerperal causes:— | |||||||||
| Puerperal and post-abortion sepsis | — | ||||||||
| Other maternal causes | — | ||||||||
| Deaths of infants under one year of age:— | |||||||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 9.36 | ||||||||
| Legitimate infants per 1000 legitimate live births | 8.25 | ||||||||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 76.9 | ||||||||
| 1957 | 1958 | ||||||||
| Deaths from Cancer | 119 | 127 | |||||||
| „ „ Measles | Nil | Nil | |||||||
| „ „ Whooping Cough | Nil | Nil | |||||||
| „ „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | Nil | Nil | |||||||
| „ „ Road Traffic Accidents | 6 | 4 | |||||||
| „ „ Suicide | 6 | 9 | |||||||
| „ „ Other Violent Causes | 9 | 17 | |||||||