Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]
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SECTION A
3.
STATISTICS .AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA
Area 2 ,868 acres
Population: Registrar-General's estimated mid-year
home population 46,140
Number of inhabited houses and flats (as at 31.12.6o) 14,079
Rateable value on April 1st, 1960 £747, 788
Product of penny rate on 1.4.6O £3,060
VITAL STATISTICS
Live Births:
Number (312 males: 295 females) 607
Rate per 1,000 population 13*1
Illegitimate Live Births per cent of total live births 2.9
Stillbirths:
Number (4 males: 3 females) 7
Rate per 1,000 total live and still births 11.4
Total Live and Still Births 614
Infant Deaths (deaths under 1 year) 10
Infant Mortality Rates:
Total infant deaths per 1,000 total live births 16.4
Legitimate " " " " legitimate live births 16.9
Illegitimate " " " " illegitimate " "
Neo-natal Mortality Rate (deaths under 4 weeks per
1,000 total live births) 11.5
Early Neo-natal Mortality Rate (deaths under 1 week
per 1,000 total live births) 8.2
Perinatal Mortality Rate (stillbirths and deaths under
1 week combined per 1,000 total live and still births) 19.5
Maternal Mortality (including abortion):
Number of deaths
Rate per 1,000 total live and still births
Total Deaths:
Number (166 males: 186 females) 352
Crude death rate per 1,000 population 7.6
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 86
" " Measles (all ages)
" " Whooping Cough (all ages)