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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 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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The population was estimated to be 4,780 in 1851, 6,880 in 1861, and enumerated as 10,692 in 1871.
| Average for previous 10 years. | ||
|---|---|---|
| Total Births registered, 1910 | 3,197 | 3,382 |
| „ Deaths „ „ | 1,186 | 1,275 |
| Number of deaths of persons not belonging to this district | 17 | 12 |
| Natural increase of population | 2,011 | 2,157 |
| Birth-rate per 1,000 estimated population | 22.6 | 305 |
| Death-rate | 8.4 | 11.3 |
| Death-rate corrected for age and sex | 8.9 | 11.9 |
| Zymotic Death-rate | .74 | 196 |
| Infantile Mortality Rate | 88.5 | 1193 |
| Infectious Sickness Rate | 3.4 | 10.0 |
| Number of persons per house | 5.9 | |
| „ „ „ acre (exclusive of Sewage Farm and Reservoirs) or Density of Population | 35.0 |
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
| Summary. | Capacity. | On Books. | Present. | Aver-age. | Per-c'nt'ge. | Refused. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schools. | Original. | Present. | Ov'r 5. | U'd'r 5. | Total | ||||
| 17 Boys' | 7294 | 7294 | 7212 | 6935 | 6634.3 | 91.9 | — | — | — |
| 18 Girls' | 7477 | 7239 | 7190 | 6751 | 64309 | 89.4 | — | — | — |
| 19 Infants' | 7443 | 7211 | 7249 | 6598 | 6238.4 | 86.0 | 20 | 27 | 47 |
| 10 Mixed | 3490 | 3418 | 3404 | 3223 | 3111.0 | 91.3 | — | — | — |
| 25704 | 25162 | 25055 | 23507 | 22414.6 | 89.4 | 20 | 27 | 47 | |
| 3 Special | 150 | 150 | 107 | 104 | 97.4 | 91.0 | — | — | — |
| M'th end'g | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dec. 23,'10 | 25854 | 25312 | 25162 | 23611 | 22512.0 | 89.4 | 20 | 27 | 47 |
| „ 23,'09 | 24797 | 24415 | 25310 | 22983 | 22057.0 | 87.1 | 29 | 36 | 65 |
| Decrease | — | — | 148 | — | — | — | 9 | 9 | 18 |
| Increase | 1057 | 897 | — | 628 | 455 | 2.3 | — | — | — |