Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]
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Average Duration of Life.
The average age of the 36 deceased inhabitants was 43.4
years, against 32.7 years in 1897 and 40.7 years in 1896.
Mortality at Different Ages.
Under 1 year | 7 | deaths |
1 to 5 years | 2 | |
5 to 15 years | 1 | |
15 to 25 years | — | |
25 to 65 years | 15 | |
65 and upwards | 11 | |
36 |
There is no exceptional feature in these figures.
Infantile Death-Rate.
The number of deaths under one year of age per 1,000 births
was 88 last year, against 97 in the previous year and 93 in 1896.
During the decennium 1886-95 the mean annual infantile
death-rate was 148 deaths of infants under one year of age per
1,000 births for all England and 130 per 1,000 births in the
Registration County of Essex.
The low infantile mortality which recurs regularly from year
to year in Chingford, is one of the most satisfactory features in
these annual reports. It cannot be denied that the climatic
and other surroundings in our Urban District seem more
favourable to the infantile organism than they are in many less
favoured localities.