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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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]
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SECTION A.
Statistics and
Social Conditions of the Area.
Area in Acres 10,959
Civilian Population (mid-1949) 8,071
Number of inhabited houses 2,277
Rateable Value £64,136
Sum represented by a penny rate &248
The rate in the pound was 20s. lOd.
Vital Statistics.
Male Female Total
Live Births: Legitimate 46 62 108
Illegitimate 2 2 4
Total 112
Birth rate per 1,000 of the population 13.9
Male Female Total
Still Births : Legitimate 4 3 7
Illegitimate 0 0 0
Total 7
Rate per 1,000 (live and still) births 58.8
Male Female Total
Deaths (all causes) 51 52 103
(Registrar General's Figures)
Death rate per 1,000 population 12.8
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