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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]
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3.
SECTION A
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OP THE AREA
Area 2,868 acres
Population - Registrar-General's estimate for raid-year
1953 47,770
Number of inhabited houses and flats (as at 31.12.53) 13,511
Rateable value on April 1st, 1953 £387,265
Product of a penny rate, year ending 31.3.53 £1,577. 8s
VITAL STATISTICS
| M. | F. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | (Total | 290 | 305 ( Birth Rate per ??? | ||
| (Legitimate | 290 | 296 ( of estimated rosi??? | |||
| (illegitimate | 8 | 9 ( population: | |||
| Stillbirths | (Total | 8 | 9 (Rate per 1,000 ??? | ||
| (Legitimate | 8 | 9 ((live and still) | |||
| (Illegitimate | - | - (births: | |||
| Deaths | 198 | 188 | (Crude Death Rate (l,000 of estimate (resident population | ||
| Deaths from puerperal sepsis | 0 | ||||
| " other puerperal causes | 1 | ||||
| Death Rate of infants under one year of ago:- | |||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 13.3 | ||||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 11.9 | ||||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 58.8 | ||||
| Deaths from Cancer (all ages) | 82 | ||||
| " " Measles (all ages) | 0 | ||||
| '' '' Whooping Cough (all ages) | 0 | ||||