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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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STATISTICAL TABLES
for the Year 1956
T able 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) | 104,000 | |||
| Number of inhabited houses | 30,710 | |||
| Rateable value | £1,881,402 | |||
| Sum represented by a penny rate | £4,55314s. 8d. | |||
| Live Births: Legitimate | 1,278 | 653 | 625 | |
| Illegitimate | 50 | 32 | 18 | |
| Total | 1,328 | 685 | 643 | |
| Birth rate per 1,000 of estimated civilian population | 12.77 | |||
| Adjusted birth rate | 13.15 | |||
| Still Births: Legitimate | 24 | 11 | 13 | |
| Illegitimate | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Total | 25 | 12 | 13 | |
| Still birth rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 18.48 | |||
| Deaths | 628 | 554 | 1,182 | |
| Crude death rate per 1,000 of estimated civilian population | 11.37 | |||
| Adjusted death rate | 10.92 | |||
| 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 | 10.54 | |||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 10.95 | |||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | Nil | |||