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Chingford 1959

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]

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3.
SECTION A
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA
Area 2,368 acres
Population: Registrar-General's estimated mid-year
home population 46,030
Number of inhabited houses and flats (as at 31.12.59) 14,067
Rateable value on April 1st, 1959 £747,670
Product of penny rate on 1.4.59 £3,045
VITAL STATISTICS
Live Births:
Number (309 males: 257 females) 566
Rate per 1,000 population 12.2
Illegitimate Live Births per cent of total live births 3.0
Stillbirths:
Number (2 males: 6 females) 8
Rate per 1,000 total live and still births 13.9
Total Live and Still Births 574
Infant Deaths (deaths under 1 year) 10
Infant Mortality Rates:
Total infant deaths per 1,000 total live births 17.6
Legitimate „ „ „ „ legitimate live births 18.2
Illegitimate „ „ „ „ illegitimate „ „
Neo-natal Mortality Rate (deaths under 4 weeks per
1,000 total live births) 17.6
Early Neo-natal Mortality Rate (deaths under 1 week
per 1,000 total live births) 15.9
Perinatal Mortality Rate (stillbirths and deaths under
1 week combined per 1,000 total live and still births) 29.6
Maternal Mortality (including abortion):
Number of deaths
Rate per 1,000 total live and still births
Total Deaths:
Number (222 males: 192 females) 414
Crude death rate per 1,000 population 8.9
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 89
„ „ Measles (all ages) -
„ „ Whooping Cough (all ages) -