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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Medical Officer of Health
TO THE
urban sanitary district
OF
chingford.
SUPPLEMENTED BY THAT OF THE SANITARY INSPECTOR.
Area and Population of District.
The Urban Sanitary District of Chingford comprises 2,809
acres, and the population at the Census of 1891 was found to be
2,737. The population in the middle of 1897 is computed to
have been about 3,547. The density of population was therefore
1.3 inhabitants per acre. The number of inhabited houses, which
was 534 in 1891, has now increased to 651.
Births.
During the past year 82 births were registered in the
district, including 44 male and 38 female children. The annual
birth-rate was therefore 23.1 per 1,000, against 25.2 per 1,000 in
the previous year and 25.6 per 1,000 in 1895. It is manifest
from these figures that the birth-rate of 1897 was below the
average.