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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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) | 103,500 | |||
Number of inhabited houses | 30, 883 | |||
Rateable value | 1,835,158 | |||
Sum represented by a penny rate | £7,350,4.2 | |||
Live Births - Legitimate | 1310 | 659 | 651 | |
Illegitimate | 66 | 34 | 32 | |
Total | 1376 | 693 | 683 | |
Live Birth rate per 1,000 of estimated civilian Population | 13.29 | |||
Adjusted Live Birth rate | 13.69 | |||
Still Births - Legitimate | 12 | 5 | 7 | |
Illegitimate | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
Total | 14 | 6 | 8 | |
Still Birth rate per 1,000 live and still births | 10.07 | |||
Total Live and still Births | 1,390 | |||
Infant Deaths (under 1 year of age) | ||||
Legitimate | 29 | 12 | 17 | |
Illegitimate | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
Total | 33 | 15 | 18 | |
Infant, mortality rate per 1,000 live births | 23.98 | |||
Legitimate Infant mortality rate per 1,000 legitimate live births | 22.14 | |||
Illegitimate Infant mortality rate per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 60.60 | |||
Neo-Natal deaths (under 4 weeks of age) | ||||
Legitimate | 20 | 8 | 12 | |
Illegitimate | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
Total | 24 | 11 | 13 | |
Neo-Natal mortality rate per 1,000 live births | 17.44 | |||
Illegitimate live births per cent of total live births | 4.80 | |||
Maternal deaths | NIL | |||
Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live and still births | NIL | |||
Deaths | 1, 178 | |||
580 | 598 | |||
Crude death rate per 1,000 of estimated civilian population | 11.38 | |||
Adjusted death rate | 10. 81 |