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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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The birth.rates for the various Wards from Census year onwards are as follows:—
| St. James Street. | High Street. | Hoe Street. | Wood Street. | Northern. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 33 | 35'7 | 28 | 28.4 | 39.8 |
| 1902 | 33.22 | 36.65 | 29.45 | 30 | 39.55 |
| 1903 | 316 | 39.1 | 29.24 | 27.45 | 38.1 |
| 1904 | 33.3 | 37 | 27 | 28.1 | 40.6 |
| 1905 | 29 | 30 | 25.07 | 249 | 31.8 |
| 1906 | 30.4 | 35 | 24.7 | 26.2 | 30.2 |
| 1907 | 29 | 33.3 | 25 | 25 | 31.6 |
| 1908 | 30.2 | 30.7 | 23.4 | 23.8 | 30.5 |
The decline in 1908 compared with 1901, shows most in the Northern
Ward—apparently twice as great as in the others.
Some of it must be due to over.estimation of this Ward's population,
which probably is much less than 37,000.
If so, the birth.rates of the various Wards are relatively more like
those of Census year than those figures indicate.
The births of 1908, with an increased population of at least 29,000,
were only 262 in excess of those of 1901, and in every Ward the
numbers were actually less, the Northern excepted.
The registered births for the two years were:—
| St. James Street. | High Street. | Hoe Street. | Wood Street. | Northern. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 767 | 710 | 600 | 441 | 673 |
| 1908 | 711 | 660 | 563 | 417 | 1131 |
DEATHS AND DEATH.RATES.
WHOLE DISTRICT.
During the year 1,017 deaths were registered as occurring within the
district.
Eleven of these (males, 9; females, 2) were of non.residents and are
excluded, the particulars of which were sent on to the Medical Officers
of Health of the respective localities to be included in their returns.
The deaths of residents dying without the district, as far as I was able
to get returns, are now added.
These were 43 at the Workhouse, 183 at the Infirmary, 23 at the
Isolation Hospital, and 3 from other places.