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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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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STATISTICAL SUMMARY
for the Year 1949
Area in acres 7,007
Population (as extended—census 1931) 79,376
Civilian population—estimated to mid-year (as supplied by
the Registrar-General) 106,900
Total population—ditto 108,000
Number of inhabited houses 29,776
Rateable value £1,061,246
Sum represented by a penny rate £4,346 0s. 8d.
STATISTICAL SUMMARY for the Year 1949
| Area in acres | 7,007 | |||
| Population (as extended-census 1931) | 79,376 | |||
| Civilian population-estimated to mid-year (as supplied by the Registrar-General) | 106,900 | |||
| Total population-ditto | 108,000 | |||
| Number of inhabited houses | 29,776 | |||
| Rateable value | £1,061,246 | |||
| Sum represented by a penny rate | £4,346,0s. 8d. | |||
| Total | M. | F. | ||
| Live Births: Legitimate | 1,535 | 789 | 746 | |
| Illegitimate | 68 | 30 | 38 | |
| Total | 1,603 | 819 | 784 | |
| Birth rate per 1,000 of estimated civilian population | 14.99 | |||
Birth rate per 1,000 of estimated civilian population 14.99
STATISTICAL SUMMARY for the Year 1949
| Total | M. | F. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Still Births: Legitimate | 30 | 14 | 16 |
| Illegitimate | 2 | 2 | - |
| Total | 32 | 16 | 16 |
Still birth rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 19.57
M. F.
Deaths 594 610 1,204
Crude death rate per 1,000 of estimated civilian population 11.26
Adjusted death rate 11.03
Maternal deaths: Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis, 2
Other maternal causes, 1
3
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 1.83
Death rate of infants under one year of age:—
All infants per 1,000 live births 21.21
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 20.20
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 44.12
Deaths from: Cancer (all ages) 221
Measles (all ages) —
Whooping cough (all ages) 1
Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)
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