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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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STATISTICAL SUMMARY for the Year 1950
| Area in acres | 7,007 | |||
| Population (as extended—census 1931) | 79,376 | |||
| Civilian population—estimated to mid-year (as supplied by the Registrar-General) | 107,600 | |||
| Number of inhabited houses | 29,912 | |||
| Rateable value | £1,069,273 | |||
| Sum represented by a penny rate | £4,464 1s. 3d. | |||
| Live Births: Legitimate | 1,366 | 714 | 652 | |
| Illegitimate | 69 | 32 | 37 | |
| Total | 1,435 | 746 | 689 | |
| Birth rate per 1,000 of estimated civilian population | 13.34 | |||
| Still Births: Legitimate | 27 | 17 | 10 | |
| Illegitimate | 4 | 4 | — | |
| Total | 31 | 21 | 10 | |
| Still birth rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 21.14 | |||
| Deaths | 582 | 607 | 1,189 | |
| Crude death rate per 1,000 of estimated civilian population | 11.05 | |||
| Adjusted death rate | 10.72 | |||
| Maternal deaths | 1 | |||
| Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 0.68 | |||
| Death rate of infants under one year of age:— | ||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 20.10 | |||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 19.76 | |||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 43.48 | |||
| Deaths from: Cancer (all ages) | 207 | |||
| Measles (all ages) | 1 | |||
| Whooping cough (all ages) | — | |||
| Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | — | |||