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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 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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| St. James Street. | High Street. | Hoe Street. | Wood Street. | Hale End. | Higham Hill. | Totals. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 1st quarter | 92 | 104 | 68 | 84 | 69 | 69 | 70 | 73 | 68 | 44 | 103 | 83 | 470 | 457 |
| 2nd quarter | 82 | 82 | 65 | 58 | 67 | 63 | 63 | 51 | 47 | 43 | 81 | 57 | 405 | 354 |
| 3rd quarter | 82 | 88 | 64 | 83 | 71 | 71 | 55 | 48 | 55 | 52 | 73 | 78 | 400 | 420 |
| 4th quarter | 58 | 69 | 64 | 48 | 50 | 49 | 45 | 42 | 43 | 45 | 58 | 64 | 318 | 317 |
| 314 | 343 | 261 | 273 | 257 | 252 | 233 | 214 | 213 | 184 | 315 | 282 | 1593 | 1548 | |
| Totals | 657 | 534 | 509 | 447 | 397 | 597 | 3141 | |||||||
| Number of Births as given by R.G. | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1669 | 1617 | ||||||
| 3286 | ||||||||||||||
| Population (assumed, 1914) | 26400 | 21500 | 25400 | 18800 | 18400 | 24000 | 134500 | |||||||
| Birth-rate 1920 | 25.0 | 24.9 | 20.0 | 23.7 | 21.5 | 25.0 | 24.7 | |||||||
| Birth-rate 1919 | 17.2 | 19.1 | 15.4 | 15.0 | 15.6 | 16.2 | 17.2 | |||||||
| Infantile Mortality Rate 1919 | 92.3 | 53.8 | 63.6 | 88.6 | 55.5 | 77.1 | 69.5 | |||||||
| Infantile Mortality Rate 1920 | 62.4 | 67.4 | 86.4 | 73.8 | 35.3 | 47.0 | 59.9 | |||||||