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Chingford 1963

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]

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3.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA
Area 2,368 acres
Population: Registrar-General' s estimated mid-year
home population 46,230
Number of inhabited houses and flats (as at 31-12.63) 14,356
Rateable value on April 1st, 1963 £2,130,648
Product of penny rate on 1.4.63 £8,640
VITAL STATISTICS
Live Births:
Number (318 males: 297 females) 615
Rate per 1,000 population 13.3
Illegitimate Live Births per cent of total live births 2.9
Stillbirths:
Number (3 males: 3 females) 6
Rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths 9.6
Total Live and Still Births 621
Infant Deaths (deaths under 1 year) 5
Infant Mortality Rates:
Total infant deaths per 1,000 total live births 8.1
Legitimate " " " " legitimate live births 8.3
Illegitimate " " " " illegitimate " "
Neo-natal Mortality Rate (deaths under 4 weeks per
1,000 total live births) 3.2
Early Neo-natal Mortality Rate (deaths under 1 week
per 1,000 total live births) 1.6
Perinatal Mortality Rate (stillbirths and deaths under
1 week combined per 1,000 total live & still births) 11.2
Maternal Mortality (including abortion):
Number of deaths
Rate per 1,000 total live and still births,
Total Deaths:
Number (243 males: 201 females) 444
Crude death rate per 1,000 population 9.6
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 105
" " Measles (all ages) -
" " Whooping Cough (all ages) -