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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 1957

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]

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STATISTICAL TABLES
for the Year 1957

Table: Table 1Summary

Table 1

Summary

Area in acres7,078
Population (preliminary census return figure, 1951)105,645
Civilian population—estimated to mid-year (as supplied by the Registrar-General)103,600
Number of inhabited houses30,735
Rateable value£1,825,806
Sum represented by a penny rate£7,656. 10. 7.
TotalM.F.
Live Births: Legitimate1269697572
Illegitimate633528
Total1332732600
Birth rate per 1,000 of estimated civilian population12,86
Adjusted birth rate13,25
TotalM.F.
Still Births: Legitimate19811
Illegitimate11-
Total20911
Still birth rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births14,79
M.F.
Deaths5156001,115
Crude death rate per 1,000 of estimated civilian population10.76
Adjusted death rate10.33
Maternal deathsNil
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) birthsNil
Death rate of infants under one year of age:
All infants per 1,000 live births16.52
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births17.34
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live birthsNil