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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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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STATISTICAL SUMMARY for the Year 1951
| Area in acres | 7,078 | ||||
| Population (preliminary census return figure, 1951) | 105,645 | ||||
| Civilian population—estimated to mid-year (as supplied by the Registrar-General) | 106,300 | ||||
| Number of inhabited houses | 29,999 | ||||
| Rateable value | £l,092,750 | ||||
| Sum represented by a penny rate | £4,440 14s. 2d. | ||||
| Live Births: | Legitimate | 1,306 | 682 | 624 | |
| Illegitimate | 57 | 34 | 23 | ||
| Total | 1,363 | 716 | 647 | ||
| Birth rate per 1,000 of estimated civilian population | 12.82 | ||||
| Still Births: | Legitimate | 34 | 17 | 17 | |
| Illegitimate | 2 | 2 | |||
| Total | 38 | 19 | 19 | ||
| Still birth rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 27.12 | ||||
| Deaths | 622 | 650 | 1,272 | ||
| Crude death rate per 1,000 of estimated civilian population | 11.97 | ||||
| Adjusted death rate | 11.61 | ||||
| Maternal deaths | Nil | ||||
| Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | Nil | ||||
| Death rate of infants under one year of age:— | |||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 24.98 | ||||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 24.50 | ||||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 52.63 | ||||
| Deaths from: | Cancer (all ages) | 209 | |||
| Measles (all ages) | — | ||||
| Whooping cough (all ages) | 1 | ||||
| Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | — | ||||