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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Chingford 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]
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| Area | 2,860 acres | ||||
| Population—Registrar-General's estimate | 36,890 | ||||
| Number of inhabited houses, end of 1944 | 11,475 approx. | ||||
| Rateable value on April 1st, 1944 | £331,680 0 0 | ||||
| Sum represented by a penny rate on April 1st, 1944 (gross) | £1,382 0 0 | ||||
| Vital Statistics | |||||
| M. | F. | ||||
| Live Births J | Total | 389 | 386 | Birth Rate per 1,000 of estimated resident papulation : 21.0. | |
| Legitimate | 377 | 375 | |||
| Illegitimate | 12 | 11 | |||
| M. | F. | ||||
| Stillbirths | Total | 10 | 19 | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births: 36.1. | |
| Legitimate | 10 | 17 | |||
| Illegitimate | — | 2 | |||
| Deaths | M. | F. | Crude Death Rate per 1,000 of estimated resident population: 8.7. | ||
| 159 | 161 | ||||
| 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 | 31 | ||||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 30.6 | ||||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 43.5 | ||||
| Deaths from Cancer (all ages) | 58 | ||||
| ,, „ Measles (all ages) | 0 | ||||
| „ „ Whooping Cough (all ages) | 2 | ||||
| „ „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | 3 | ||||
| Scarlet Fever | 0 | ||||