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Chingford 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]
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Section A.— STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
OF THE AREA
Area 2,860 acres
Population—Registrar-General's estimate (resident
population) mid-year, 1938 37,510
Number of inhabited houses—end of 1938 (approx) 11,500
Rateable Value on April 1st, 1938 £303,254
Sum represented by a penny rate on April 1st, 1938
(gross) £1,264
| Live Births | Legitimate Illegitimate | Total | M. | F. | Birth Rate per 1,000 of estimated resident population: 16.31 | |
| 598 | 303 | 295 | ||||
| 14 | 7 | 7 | ||||
| Stillbirths | Legitimate | 14 | 7 | 7 | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births: 23.9 | |
| Illegitimate | 1 | — | 1 | |||
| Deaths | 269 | 142 | 127 | Crude Death Rate per 1,000 of estimated resident population: 7.17 | ||
| Corrected by comparability factor: 8.31 | ||||||
| Deaths from Puerperal Sepsis | 0 | |||||
| „ „ other puerperal causes | 0 | |||||
| Death Rate of Infants under one year of age:— | ||||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 45 | |||||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 46 | |||||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | — | |||||
| Deaths from Cancer (all ages) | 51 | |||||
| „ ,, Measles (all ages) | 1 | |||||
| „ „ Whooping Cough (all ages) | 0 | |||||
| „ „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | 0 | |||||
The birth and infantile mortality rates were practically the
same as in 1937, but there was a slight fall in the death rate.
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