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ANNUAL REPORT
FOR THE YEAR
1952.
To: The Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Chingford Corporation.
Mr. Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors,
I have pleasure in submitting my Annual Report for the Year 1952
upon the health and sanitary circumstances of the Borough.
The estimated population for the year was 48,190.
Vital Statistics: The birth-rate was 11.8 per thousands this is
the lowest birth-rate yet recorded. The death-rate at 8.2 per thousand
was slightly lower than the previous year.
The infant mortality rate, i.e. the number of deaths of infants
under one year of age per thousand live births was 17.6. This figure is
10 per thousand below that for England and Wales (see table on page 36 ).
With regard to infectious diseases in the borough, scarlet fever
was the only common infectious disease in which there was a very
appreciable rise in incidence; the figures for whooping cough were very
considerably lower and those for measles slightly lower than in 1951.
There were no cases of diphtheria.
Four cases of poliomyelitis were notified during the year, in two
of which there was some degree of residual paralysis affecting the lower
limbs in both cases,
I am glad to be able to record a considerable reduction in the
number of fresh notifications, pulmonary and non-pulmonary, of tuberculosis,
there being 54 cases as against 50 for the previous year.
Accommodation in hospital, or hostels for the aged, was arranged
for several old persons during the year} in other cases a home help wa3
provided to assist in less urgent circumstances.
In conclusion, I express my appreciation for the help and support
afforded to me by the Chairman and Members of the Health Committee, and
to Mr. J.F. Rogers, Chief Sanitary Inspector, and the staff of the Health
Department for their help and assistance during the year.
I am, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
J.H. CROSBY,
Medical Officer of Health.
July, 1953