Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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. | ||||
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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 |