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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]
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SECTION A
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OP THE AREA
| 2,868 acres | |
| Population - Registrar-General's estimated mid-year Home population | 46,030 |
| Number of inhabited houses and flats (as at 13.12.58) | 13,810 |
| Rateable value on April 1st, 1958 | £704,499 |
| Product of a penny rate on 1.4.58 | £2,847. 13. 8. |
VITAL STATISTICS
| Live Births (266 male: 269 female) | 535 |
| Live birth rate per 1,000 population | 11.6 |
| Stillbirths (4 male: 4 female) | 8 |
| Stillbirths rate per 1,000 live and stillbirths | 14.7 |
| Total live and stillbirths | 543 |
| Infant deaths | 8 |
| Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births - total | 14.9 |
| „ „ „ „ „ „ „ „ legitimate | 15.4 |
| „ „ „ „ „ „ „ „ illegitimate | |
| Neo Natal „ „ „ „ „ „ „ | 9.3 |
| Illegitimate live births per cent of total live births | 2.8 |
| Maternal deaths (including abortion) | - |
| Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live and stillbirths | - |
| Deaths (207 male: 182 female) | 389 |
| Crude death rate per 1,000 population | 8.4 |
| Deaths from Cancer (all ages) | 91 |
| „ „ Measles (all ages) | - |
| „ „ Whooping Cough (all ages) | - |