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Chingford 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]
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4.
SECTION A.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA
| Area | 2,868 acres |
|---|---|
| Population - Registrar - General's estimate (as at 30.6.51) and Census 1951 | 48,330 |
| Number of inhabited houses and flats (as at 31.12.5l) | 13,414 |
| Rateable value on April 1st, 1951 | 377,907 |
| Product of a penny rate, year ending 31.3.51 | £1,533 |
VITAL STATISTICS
| M. | F. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | Total | 278 | 312 | Birth Rate per 1,000 of estimated resident populations | |
| Legitimate | 276 | 307 | |||
| Illegitimate | 2 | 5 | |||
| 12.2 | |||||
| Stillbirths | Total | 5 | 4 | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births: | |
| Legitimate | 5 | 4 | |||
| Illegitimate | - | - | |||
| 15.0 | |||||
| Deaths | 209 | Crude Death Rate per 1,000 of | |||
| estimated resident populations 8,7 | |||||
| Deaths from Puerperal Sepsis | 0 | ||||
| " " other puerperal causes | 0 | ||||
| Death Rate of Infants under one year of ages- | |||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 23.7 | ||||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 22.3 | ||||
| Deaths from Cancer (all ages) | 81 | ||||
| " " Measles (all ages) | 0 | ||||
| " Whooping Cough (all ages) | |||||