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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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STATISTICAL SUMMARY for the Year 1952
| 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) | 106,500 | |||
| Number of inhabited houses | 30,075 | |||
| Rateable value | £1,096,811 | |||
| Sum represented by a penny rate | £4,440 14s. 2d. | |||
| Live Births: Legitimate | 1,260 | 635 | 625 | |
| Illegitimate | 75 | 46 | 29 | |
| Total | 1,335 | 681 | 654 | |
| Birth rate per 1,000 of estimated civilian population | 12.54 | |||
| Still Births: Legitimate | 16 | 9 | 7 | |
| Illegitimate | 2 | 2 | — | |
| Total | 18 | 11 | 7 | |
| Still birth rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 13.48 | |||
| Deaths | 577 | 614 | 1,191 | |
| Crude death rate per 1,000 of estimated civilian population | 11.18 | |||
| Adjusted death rate | 10.84 | |||
| 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 | 20.22 | |||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 21.43 | |||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births. | Nil | |||
| Deaths from: Cancer (all ages) | 238 | |||
| Measles (all ages) | — | |||
| Whooping cough (all ages) | — | |||
| Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | — | |||