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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 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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The following table shows the births distributed over the various
Wards for the four quarters of the year:—
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 | 88 | 93 | 81 | 99 | 57 | 69 | 55 | 53 | 112 | 130 | 4 | 7 | 397 | 451 |
| 2nd quarter | 103 | 105 | 78 | 83 | 82 | 69 | 68 | 54 | 140 | 148 | 10 | 4 | 481 | 463 |
| 3rd quarter | 73 | 78 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 65 | 51 | 61 | 126 | 150 | 3 | 4 | 375 | 419 |
| 4th quarter | 92 | 75 | 75 | 83 | 60 | 52 | 41 | 35 | 128 | 136 | 3 | 3 | 399 | 384 |
| 356 | 351 | 287 | 326 | 268 | 255 | 215 | 203 | 506 | 564 | 20 | 18 | 1652 | 1717 | |
| Workhouse | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | ||||
| Others | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 722 | 618 | 524 | 426 | 1079 | — | 3,369 | |||||||
| Population | 24,500 | 22,500 | 24,500 | 18,000 | 40,000 | — | 129,500 | |||||||
| Birth-rate 1909 | 29.4 | 27.4 | 21.4 | 236 | 27.0 | — | 26.0 | |||||||
| Do. 1908 | 30.2 | 30.7 | 23.4 | 23.8 | 30.5 | 28.2 | ||||||||