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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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STATISTICAL SUMMARY for the year 1947
| Area in acros | 7,007 | |||
| Population fas extended - oensus 1931) | 79,376 | |||
| Resident population - estimated to mid-year (as supplied by the Registrar-General) | 105,930 | |||
| Number of inhabited houses | 29,319 | |||
| Rateable value | £1,056, 682 | |||
| Sun represented by a penny rate | . £4,328:17:10d. | |||
| Live Births: | Total | M. | P. | |
| Legitimate | 1,973 | 998 | 975 | |
| Illogitimate | 116 | 64 | 52 | |
| Total | 1,0 62 | 1,027 | ||
| Birth rate per 1,000 of estimated resident population 19.72 | ||||
| Still Births: | Total | M. | F. | |
| Legitimate | 33 | 19 | T4 | |
| Illegitimate | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 35 | 20 | 15 | |
| Still Birth rate per 1,000 total live and still births 16.48 | ||||
| Deaths: | Total | M. | F. | |
| 1,171 | 568 | 603 | ||
| Death rate per 1,000 of estimated resident population.- | 11.05 | |||
| Maternal deaths: | ||||
| Puerperal and Post - abortive Sepsis | 2 | |||
| Other Mat ernal Causes | 3 | |||
| Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 2.35 | |||
| Death rate of infants under one year of age:- | ||||
| All infants per .1,000 live births | 40.21 | |||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 leg.live births | 38.52 | |||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illeg.live births | 68.97 | |||
| Deaths from: | ||||
| Cancer (all ages) | 182 | |||
| Measles (all ages) | 2 | |||
| Whooping Cough (all ages) | 1 | |||
| Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | 10 | |||
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