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Chingford 1961

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]

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3.
SECTION A
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA
Area 2,868 acres
Population: Registrar-General's estimated mid-year
home population 45,910
Number of inhabitod houses and flat3 (as at 31.12.61) 14,130
Rateable value on April 1st, 1961 £754,881
Product of penny rate on 1.4.61 £3,100
VITAL STATISTICS
Live Births:
Number (299 males: 313 females) 612
Rate per 1,000 population 13.3
Illegitimate Live Births per cent of total live births 4.2
Stillbirths:
Number (4 males: 9 females) 13
Rate per 1,000 total live and still births 20.8
Total Live and Still Births 625
Infant Deaths (deaths under 1 year) 10
Infant Mortality Rates:
Total infant deaths per 1,000 total live births 16.3
Legitimate " " " " legitimate live births 17.1
Illegitimate " " " " illegitimate " " -
Neo-natal Mortality Rate (deaths under 4 weeks per
1,000 total live births) 11.4
Early Neo-natal Mortality Rate (deaths under 1 week
per 1,000 total live births) 11.4
Perinatal Mortality Rate (stillbirths and deaths under
1 week combined per 1,000 total live and still births) 32.0
Maternal Mortality (including abortion):
Number of deaths -
Rate per 1,000 total live and still births -
Total Deaths:
Number (232 males: 175 females) 407
Crude death rate per 1,000 population 8.8
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 87
" " Measles (all ages)
" " Whooping Cough (all ages) -