Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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STATISTICAL TABLES
for the Year 1955
Table 1.
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) | 104,300 | |||
Number of inhabited houses | 30,520 | |||
Rateable value | £1,113,687 | |||
Sum represented by a penny rate | £4,488 9s. 3d. | |||
Live Births: Legitimate | 1,210 | 617 | 593 | |
Illegitimate | 55 | 38 | 17 | |
Total | 1,265 | 655 | 610 | |
Birth rate per 1,000 of estimated civilian population | 12.13 | |||
Adjusted birth rate | 12.37 | |||
Still Births: Legitimate | 11 | 7 | ||
Illegitimate | 1 | 1 | ||
Total | 12 | 8 | ||
Still birth rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 9.40 | |||
Deaths | 567 | 593 | 1,160 | |
Crude death rate per 1,000 of estimated civilian population | 11.12 | |||
Adjusted death rate | 10,23 | |||
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 | 22 .92 | |||
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 21.49 | |||
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 54.55 |