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 1948
Area in acres | 7,007 | ||||||
Population (as extended.census 1931) | 79,376 | ||||||
Resident population.estimated to mid'year (as supplied by the Registrar'General) | 106,700 | ||||||
Number of inhabited houses | 29,576 | ||||||
Rateable value | £1,048,274 | ||||||
Sum represented by a penny rate | £4,190 5s. 4d. | ||||||
Live Births: | Legitimate | 1,598 | 790 | 808 | |||
Illegitimate | 94 | 45 | 49 | ||||
Total | 1,692 | 835 | 857 | ||||
Birth rate per 1,000 of estimated resident population | 15.86 | ||||||
Still Births: | Legitimate | 19 | 10 | 9 | |||
Illegitimate | 1 | 1 | . | ||||
Total | 20 | 11 | 9 | ||||
Still birth rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 11.68 | ||||||
M. | |||||||
Deaths : | 538 | 533 | 1,071 | ||||
Death rate per 1,000 of estimated resident population | 10.04 | ||||||
Maternal deaths : Puerperal and postabortive sepsis, 1 | 1 | ||||||
Other maternal causes, nil | |||||||
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 0.58 | ||||||
Death rate of infants under one year of age. | |||||||
All infants per 1,000 live births | 20.69 | ||||||
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 18.77 | ||||||
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 53.19 | ||||||
Deaths from: | Cancer (all ages) | 219 | |||||
Measles (all ages) | 1 | ||||||
Whooping cough (all ages) | |||||||
Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | 4 |