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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]#
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STATISTICAL TABLES
for the Year 1953
Table 1.
| Summary. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | 105,300 | |||
| Number of inhabited houses | 30,146 | |||
| Rateable value | £1,104,624 | |||
| Sum represented by a penny rate | £4,455 4s. 2d. | |||
| Live Births: Legitimate | 1,344 | 663 | 676 | |
| Illegitimate | 52 | 30 | 22 | |
| Total | 1,396 | 698 | 698 | |
| Birth rate per 1,000 of estimated civilian population | 13.26 | |||
| Still Births: Legitimate | 20 | 10 | 10 | |
| Illegitimate | — | — | — | |
| Total | 20 | 10 | 10 | |
| Still birth rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 14.12 | |||
| Deaths | 596 | 550 | 1,146 | |
| Crude death rate per 1,000 of estimated civilian population | 10.88 | |||
| Adjusted death rate | 10.01 | |||
| 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 | 20.06 | |||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 20.83 | |||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | Nil | |||