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Chingford 1941

[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 35,440
Number of inhabited houses, end of 1941 11,600approx.
Rateable value on April 1st, 1941 £331,256 0 0
Sum represented by a penny rate on April 1st,
1941 (gross) £1,380 4 8
Vital Statistics
*Infant †Birth
Mortality Rate
M. F. M. F.
Total 215 344 236 267 ( Birth Rate per 1,000 of
Live Births Legitimate 214 234 235 257 estimated resident popuIllegitimate
1 10 1 10 lation: 14.19.
*For calculating Infant and Maternal Mortality Rates,
†or calculating Birth Rates
M. F. M. F.
Total 5 7 5 7 Rate per 1,000 total
Stillbirths Legitimate 5 7 5 7 (live and still) births:
Illegitimate - - - - 23.3
Crude Death Rate per
M. F. 1,000 of estimated resi
Deatfis 162 150 dent population:
8.8.
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 16
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 16
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births -
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 50
„ ,, Measles (all ages) 0
„ „ Whooping Cough (all ages) 0
,, „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 0
„ „ Scarlet Fever 0
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