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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
Twickenham 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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STATISTICAL SUMMARY for the year 1943
| Area In acres | 7,007 | ||||||
| Number of Inhabited houses | 28,808 | ||||||
| Rateable value | £1,033,694 | ||||||
| Sum represented by a penny rate 1943/44 | £4,178:4:3 | ||||||
| Total | M | F | |||||
| Live births | Legitimate | 1538 | 845 | 693 | |||
| Illegitimate | 108 | 46 | 62 | ||||
| Birth rate per 1000 of estimated resident population | 17.7 | ||||||
| Total | M | . F | |||||
| Still births: | Legitimate | 51 | 28 | 23 | |||
| Illegitimate | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Still birth rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 31.7 | ||||||
| Total | M | F | |||||
| Deaths: | 1144 | 545 | 599 | ||||
| Death rate per 1,000 of estimated resident population | 12.3 | ||||||
| Maternal deaths: | |||||||
| Puerperal & Post-Abortive Sepsis | 3 | ||||||
| Other Maternal Causes | 3 | ||||||
| Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 3.5 | ||||||
| Death rate of infants under one year of age | |||||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 47.99 | ||||||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 leg. live births | 46.8 | ||||||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illeg. live births | 64.8 | ||||||
| Deaths from: | Cancer (all ages) | 220 | |||||
| Measles (all ages) | 2 | ||||||
| Whooping cough (all ages) | |||||||
| Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | 15 | ||||||