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Chingford 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]
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SECTION A
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA
Area 2,863 acres
Population-Registrar-General's estimate for mid-year 1954 47,600
Number of inhabited houses and flats (as at 31.12.54) 13,586
Rateable value on April 1st, 1954 £388,376
Product of a penny rate, year ending 31.3.54 £1,579. 19. 10.
VITAL STATISTICS
M. F.
(Total 299 258 (Birth Rate per 1,000
Live Births (Legitimate 294 250 ( of estimated resident
(illegitimate 5 8 ( population: 11.7
(Total 7 4 ( Rate per 1,000 total
Stillbirths (Legitimate 7 4 ((live and still)
(illegitimate - - (births: 19.3
(Crude Death Rate per
Deaths 202 180 (1,000 of estimated
(resident populations
(8.0
Deaths from puerperal sepsis 0
„ " other puerperal causes
Death rate of infants under one year of age:-
All infants per 1,000 live births 23.
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 20.2
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births -
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 95
„ „ Measles (all ages) 0
„ " Whooping Cough (all ages) 0