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Chingford 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]
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Section A.—STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
OF THE AREA
Area 2860 acres
Population—Registrar-General's estimate (a) 39,460
(For calculation of birth rates)
(b) 38,160
(For calculation of death rates
and incidence of infectious disease)
Number of inhabited houses end of 1939 12,000
Rateable value on April 1st, 1939 £321,347
Sum represented by a penny rate on April 1st,
1939 (gross) £1,339
| * Infant Mortality | † Birth Rate | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | |||
| Live Births | Total | 348 | 311 | 355 | 313 | Birth Rate per 1,000 of estimated resident population: 16.93 |
| Legitimate | 343 | 305 | 350 | 307 | ||
| Illegitimate | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | ||
| * For calculating Infant and Maternal Mortality | ||||||
| † For calculating Birth Rates | ||||||
| M. | F. | |||||
| Stillbirths | Total | 8 | 10 | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births: 26.6 | ||
| Legitimate | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Illegitimate | — | 1 | ||||
| Deaths | 129 | 132 | Crude Death Rate per 1,000 of estimated resident population: 6.8 | |||
| Corrected by comparability factor: 7.8 | ||||||
Deaths from Puerperal Sepsis 0
,, „ other puerperal causes 1
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age:—
All infants per 1,000 live births 22
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 22
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 48
„ „ Measles (all ages)
4