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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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Local G overnment B oard F orm ]
TABLE I.—For Whole District.
| Year. | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births. | Deaths under One Year of Age. | Deaths at all Ages. Total. | Deaths in Pubi.ic Institutions W'stow General Hospital | Deaths of Non. Residents registered in District. | Deaths of Residents registered beyond District. | Deaths at all Ages. Nett. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Rate * | Number. | Rate per 1,000 Births registered. | Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate.* | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |
| 1897. | 70,000 | 2246 | 32.08 | 306 | 1320 | 795 | 11.41 | 28 | 4 | 37 | 832 | 11.88 |
| 1898. | 77,000 | 2294 | 29.80 | 390 | 169.5 | 974 | 12.65 | 16 | 15 | 60 | 1034 | 13.4 |
| 1899. | 83,000 | 2835 | 34.14 | 482 | 170.0 | 1220 | 14.70 | 28 | 8 | 62 | 1282 | 15.44 |
| 1900. | 91,000 | 3037 | 33.37 | 482 | 158.7 | 1166 | 12.80 | 23 | 13 | 88 | 1254 | 13.78 |
| 1901. | 97,000 | 3210 | 33.10 | 473 | 147.6 | 1191 | 12.27 | 42 | 4 | 114 | 1296 | 13.35 |
| 1902. | 101,318 | 3426 | 33.81 | 394 | 115.0 | 1009 | 9.'.'5 | 28 | 8 | 153 | 1154 | 11.38 |
| 1903. | 106 290 | 3535 | 33.25 | 402 | 113.7 | 1065 | 10.19 | 39 | 10 | 123 | 1178 | 1108 |
| 1904. | 111,282 | 3649 | 32.79 | 496 | 135.9 | 1175 | 10.55 | 38 | 13 | 168 | 1330 | 11.95 |
| 1905. | 116,300 | 3389 | 2914 | 354 | 104.4 | 1046 | 8.9 | 33 | 16 | 219 | 1249 | 10.7 |
| 1906. | 121,334 | 3594 | 29.60 | 466 | 129.7 | 1206 | 9.9 | 35 | 10 | 251 | 1447 | 11.9 |
| 1907. | 126,397 | 3629 | 28.55 | 380 | 104.7 | 1129 | 8.9 | 36 | 16 | 263 | 1376 | 10.88 |
| Averages for years 1897.1907. | 100,083 | 3167 | 31.78 | 420 | 134.6 | 1089 | 1111 | 31 | 10.6 | 140 | 1221 | 12.34 |
| 1908. | 131,486 | 3482 | 26.48 | 351 | 100.8 | 1017 | 7.7 | 32 | 11 | 252 | 1258 | 9.56 |
* Rales calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
Area of district in acres (exclusive of area covered by water), 3,988
Total population at all ages, 95,131. Number of inhabited houses, 16,083. Average number of persons per house, 5*8.—At Census of 1901.