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Chingford 1962

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]

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SECTION A
STATISTICS MP SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA
Area 2,868 acres
Population: Registrar-General's estimated mid-year
home population 46,350
Number of inhabited house a and flats (as at 31.12..62) 14,226
Rateable value on April 1st, 1962 £760,135
Product of penny rate on 1.4.62 £3,110
VITAL STATISTICS
Live Births:
Number (316 males: 293 females) 609
Rate per 1,000 population 13.1
Illegitimate Live Births per cent of total live births 2.1
Stillbirths:
Number (7 males: 3 females) 10
Rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths 16.1
Total Live and Still Births 619
Infant Deaths (deaths under 1 year) 7
Infant Mortality Rates:
Total infant deaths per 1,000 total live births 11.4
Legitimate " " " " legitimate live births 11.6
Illegitimate " " " " illegitimate " "
Neo-natal Mortality Rate (deaths under 4 weeks per
1,000 total live births) 8.2
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 & still births) 24.2
Maternal Mortality (including abortion):
Number of deaths
Rate per 1,000 total live and still births
Total Deaths:
Number (215 males: 238 females) 453
Crude death rate per 1,000 population 9.7
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 107
" " Measles (all ages)
" " Whooping Cough (all ages)