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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]
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3.
SECTION A
STATISTICS AMD SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA
Area 2,868 acres
Population - Registrar-General's estimate for mid-year
1956 46,840
Number of inhabited houses and flats (as at 31.12.56) 13,645
Rateable value on April 1st, 1956 £727,836
Product of a penny rate, year ending 31.3.56 £1,610. 3. 7.
" " " " " " " 31.3.57 £2,900 (est.)
| M. | F. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | Total | 235 | 257 | Birth Rate per 1,000 of estimated resident population: 10.5 | |
| Legitimate | 228 | 249 | |||
| Illegitimate | 7 | 8 | |||
| Stillbirths | Total | 3 | 3 | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births: 12.0 | |
| Legitimate | 3 | 3 | |||
| illegitimate | - | - | |||
| Deaths | 214 | 178 | Crude Death Rate per 1,000 of estimated resident population; 8.4 | ||
| Deaths from puerperal sepsis | 0 | ||||
| " " other puerperal causes | 0 | ||||
| Death rate of infants under one year of age:- | |||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 10.1 | ||||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 10.4 | ||||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | — | ||||
| Deaths from Cancer (all ages) | 78 | ||||
| " " Measles (all ages) | 0 | ||||
| " " Whooping Cough (all ages) | 1 | ||||