London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1948
[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 | ||||||