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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]
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SECTION A
STATISTICS AMD SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA
Area 2,868 acres
Population - Registrar-General's estimate for mid-year
1957 46,450
Number of inhabited house and flats (as at 31.12.57) 13,766
Rateable value on April 1st, 1957 £704,242
Product of a penny rate on 1.4.57 £3,219. 4. 4.
VITAL STATISTICS
| M | F. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | (Total | 291 | 232 | (Birth Rate per 1,000 | |
| (Legitimate | 281 | 223 | (of estimated resident | ||
| (Illegitimate | 10 | 9 | (population: 11.2 | ||
| Stillbirths | (Total | 6 | 3 | (Rate per 1,000 total | |
| (Legitimate | 5 | 3 | ((live and still) | ||
| (Illegitimate | 1 | - | (births: 16.9 | ||
| Deaths | 206 | 191 | (Crude Death Rate per | ||
| (1,000 of estimated | |||||
| (resident population: | |||||
| ( 8.5 | |||||
| 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 | 15.3 | ||||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 15.8 | ||||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | - | ||||
| Deaths from Cancer (all ages) | 95 | ||||
| „ „ Measles (all ages) | 1 | ||||
| „ „ Whooping Couch (all ages) | 0 | ||||