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ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR
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To: The Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Chingford Corporation,
Mr. Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors,
I have pleasure in submitting my Annual Report
for the year 1962 upon the health and sanitary circumstances of the
The estimated population for the year was 46,350.
Vital Statistics: In the statistics which follow, the figures in
brackets refer to 1961.
The birth-rate was 13.1 (l3.3) per 1,000,
representing 609 (612) births.
The number of deaths was 453 (407). The deathrate
was 9.7 (8.8) per 1,000.
To enable comparisons in the birth and death
rates to be made with other areas and with England and Wales as a
whole, it is necessary to make use of comparability factors, These
factors are supplied by the General Register Office and they allow
for differing sex and age distribution of local populations.
The factors for Chingford are: Births 1.04 and Deaths 1.28.
The table on page 4 indicates the crude rates
and the rates adjusted by the comparability factors.
The infant mortality rate was 11.4 (16.3), the
rate for England and Wales being 21.4 (21.4),
The table on page 4 shows at a glance the birth,
death and infant mortality rates for the years 1957-62.
Causes of Death: Diseases of the heart and circulation, and cancer,
were the principal causes of death the numbers being 224 and 107
respectively. It will be seen that these two conditions are responsible
for three deaths out of every four, The rise in recent years. in the
deaths from diseases of the heart and circulation is indicated in the
table on page Clearly much research remains to be done in the
epidemiology of these conditions.