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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Walthamstow 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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TABLE III.
| All Ages. | Under 5 years. | Over 5 and under 10. | Over 10 and under 15. | Over 15 and under 20. | Over 20 and under 25. | Over 25 and under 35. | Over 35 and under 45. | Over 45 and under 55. | Over 55 and under 65. | Over 65 and under 75. | 75 years and upwards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | 1,000 | 129 | 119 | 110 | 100 | 90 | 149 | 114 | 85 | 58 | 33 | 13 |
| Walthamstow. | 95,131 | 13,916 | 12,608 | 11,079 | 8,786 | 7,768 | 15,810 | 11,969 | 7,069 | 3,721 | 1,710 | 695 |
| Average Death-rates England and Wales. | 17.7 | 54.7 | 3.85 | 2.25 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 6.3 | 10.65 | 16.75 | 32.7 | 61.8 | 153.6 |
The following summary of the chief items of sanitary
importance in your district may be given thus :—
Area of Sanitary District in acres 4,355
Population, 1881 Census 21,697
„ 1891 „ 46,346
„ 1901 „ 95,131
,, 1903 Assumed Registrar General 106,290
No. of Persons per house (assumed) 5.89
No. of Persons per acre (exclusive of Sewage Farm and
Reservoirs) 28.8
Total Births registered 3,535
„ Deaths „ of persons belonging to the District 1,178
No. of Deaths of Persons not belonging to this District 10
Natural increase of Population 2,357
Birth-rate per 1,000 of estimated population 3325
Death-rate 11.08
Death-rate corrected for age and sex 11.89
Zymotic Death-rate 1.9
Infantile Mortality Rate (or proportion which deaths under
1 year bear to 1,000 births) 113.7