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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 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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TABLE VI.
| St. James Street. | High Street. | Hoe Street. | Wood Street. | Northern. | Workhouse and others. | Totals. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 1st quarter | 94 | 91 | 98 | 82 | 66 | 76 | 55 | 48 | 159 | 148 | 6 | 4 | 478 | 449 |
| 2nd quarter | 86 | 78 | 68 | 80 | 73 | 77 | 59 | 49 | 139 | 143 | 2 | 3 | 427 | 430 |
| 3rd quarter | 85 | 79 | 74 | 99 | 69 | 65 | 60 | 40 | 151 | 115 | 5 | 2 | 444 | 400 |
| 4th quarter | 96 | 92 | 78 | 78 | 71 | 61 | 49 | 49 | 131 | 140 | 5 | 4 | 430 | 424 |
| 361 | 340 | 318 | 339 | 279 | 279 | 223 | 186 | 580 | 546 | 18 | 13 | 1779 | 1703 | |
| Workhouse | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Totals | 711 | 660 | 563 | 417 | 1131 | - | 3,482 | |||||||
| Population | 23,500 | 21,500 | 24,000 | 17,500 | 37,000 | - | 123,500 | |||||||
| Birth.rate 1908 | 30.2 | 30.7 | 23.4 | 23.8 | 30.5 | - | 28.2 | |||||||
| Do. 1907 | 29.0 | 33.3 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 31.6 | - | 28.88 | |||||||
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The following table shows the births distributed over the various
Wards for the four quarters of the year:—