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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]
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Section A.—STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
OF THE AREA.
Area 2,868 acres
Population—Registrar-General's estimate 46,610
Number of inhabited houses and flats at end of
1948 12,500
Rateable value on April 1st. 1948 £357,821
Sum represented by a Denny rate on April 1st,
1948 (gross) £1,490 18 5
| M. | F. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | Total | 399 | 344 | Birth Rate per 1,000 of estimated reisdent papulation: 16.9 |
| Legitimate | 392 | 338 | ||
| Illegitimate | 7 | 6 | ||
| M. | F. | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births: 22.4 | ||
| Stillbirths | Total | 11 | 6 | |
| Legitimate | 6 | 6 | ||
| Illegitimate | - | - | ||
| M. | F. | |||
| Deaths | Crude Death Rate per 1,000 of estimated resident population: 7.3 | |||
| 170 | 170 | |||
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 21.5
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 20.5
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births —
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 70
„ „ Measles (all ages) —
„ „ Whooping Coughs (all ages) —
„ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) —
„ „ Scarlet Fever —
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