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 Twickenham]
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STATISTICAL SUMMARY
for the year 1944
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Area in acres 7,007
Number of inhabited houses 28,615
Rateable value £1,025,969
Sum represented, "by a penny rate 1944/45 £4, 128:12:7
Total M. F.
LivB births: Legitimate 1505 738 767
Illegitimate 138 68 70
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Birth rate per 1,000 of estimated resident population 18.5
Total M. F.
at ill births: Legitimate 37 20 17
Illegitimate 2 2
Still birth rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 24.3
Total M. F.
Deaths: 1136 594 542
Death rate per 1,000 of estimated resident population 12.8
Maternal deaths:
Puerperal & Post-abortive Sepsis' NIL
Other Maternal Causes. NIL
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births NIL
Death rate of infants under one year of age:-
All infants per 1,000 live births 37.1
Legitimate infants per 1,000 leg. live births 36.5
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illeg. live births 43.8
Deaths from:
Cancer (all ages) 169
Measles ( all ages) NIL
Whooping cough (all ages) 1
Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 5
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