London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Chingford 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]
This page requires JavaScript
Section A.—STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
OF THE AREA
Area 2,860 acres
Population—Registrar-General's estimate 37,790
Number of inhabited houses, end of 1942 11,475 approx.
Rateable value on April 1st, 1942 £330,751 0 0
Sum represented by a penny rate on April 1st,
1942 (gross) £1,378 2 7
| M. | F. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | Total | 355 | 312 | Birth Rate per 1,000 of estimated resident popu- lation: 17.6. | ||
| Legitimate | 347 | 306 | ||||
| Illegitimate | 8 | 6 | ||||
| M. | F. | |||||
| Stillbirths | Total | 7 | 7 | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births: 20.6. | ||
| Legitimate | 7 | 7 | ||||
| Illegitimate | ||||||
| M. | F. | Crude Death Rate per 1,000 of estimated resident population: 7.5 | ||||
| Deaths | 154 | 128 | ||||
| Deaths from Puerperal Sepsis | ||||||
| „ „ other puerperal causes | ||||||
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age:-
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 28.5 |
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 27.6 |
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 71.4 |
| Deaths from Cancer (all ages) | 58 |
| Measles (all ages) | 1 |
| ,, ,, Whooping Cough (all ages) | 0 |
| Diarrhœa (under 2 years of age) | 1 |
| ,, ,, Scarlet Fever | 0 |