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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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wanstead and Woodford]
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SECTION A
STATISTIC AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA
Area (in acres) 3,824
Population—Registrar General's estimate mid-year 1962 61,410
Registrar General's estimate mid-year 1963 61,360
Rateable Value £2,985,184
Sum represented by penny rate £12,175
| Legitimate | Males | 430 | Females | 389 | Total | 819 |
| Illegitimate | Males | 17 | Females | 33 | Total | 50 |
| Total | Males | 447 | Females | 422 | Total | 869 |
| Birth-rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population | 14.2 | |||||
| Legitimate | Males | 4 | Females | 2 | Total | 6 |
| Illegitimate | Males | 3 | Females | — | Total | 3 |
| Total | Males | 7 | Females | 2 | Total | 9 |
| Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 14.4 | |||||
| Males 342 | Females | 404 | Total | 746 | ||
| Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population | 12.2 | |||||
| Deaths from puerperal causes:— | ||||||
| Puerperal and post-abortion sepis | — | |||||
| Other maternal causes | — | |||||
| Deaths of infants under one year of age:— | ||||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 20.7 | |||||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 16.1 | |||||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 80.0 | |||||
| 1962 | 1963 | |||||
| Deaths from Cancer | 158 | 151 | ||||
| „ „ Measles | Nil | Nil | ||||
| „ „ Whooping Cough | Nil | Nil | ||||
| „ „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | Nil | Nil | ||||
| „ „ Road Traffic Accidents | 6 | 4 | ||||
| „ „ Suicide | 4 | 8 | ||||
| „ „ Other Violent Causes | 11 | 11 | ||||