Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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1920. | 1919. | |||||
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Total Area of District | As in 1919 | 4343 acres. | ||||
Area of land upon which houses are erected | „ | 1442½ „ | ||||
Population—1901 Census | 95,131 | |||||
„ 1911 Census | 124,580 | |||||
„ „ per acre | 93 | |||||
„ 1920 Estimated (Registrar-General for Births) | 132,912 | 133,008 | ||||
„ „ Do. for Deaths) | 132,771 | 127,684 | ||||
No. of separate occupiers, 1911 Census | 26,399 | |||||
No. of persons per "occupation " | 4.7 | |||||
No. of houses (including shops, inns, etc., inhabited 20,202, uninhabited 1,197) | 21,397 | |||||
No. of flats (inhabited 2,673, empty 276; | 2,945 | |||||
No. of unoccupied premises as given by the Overseers:— | ||||||
Shops. | Houses. | Tenements | Total. | |||
May, 1915 | 137 | 271 | 78 | 486 | ||
May, 1914 | 128 | 294 | 125 | 547 | ||
1916 | 1917, 191 | 8, 1919 and 1920 not enumerated. | ||||
Births registered within area | 3,141 | 2,301 | ||||
„ „ without area | 145 | 83 | ||||
Birth-rate per 1,000 of the population | 24.7 | 172 | ||||
Deaths registered within area, excluding nonresidents | 813 | 869 | ||||
Deaths registered without area | 479 | 404 | ||||
Death-rate | 9.7 | 9.9 | ||||
Death-rate corrected for age and sex | 103 | 10.5 | ||||
Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age | 197 | 160 | ||||
Infantile Mortality Rate | 599 | 69.5 | ||||
Zymotic Death-rate | 0.45 | 0.59 | ||||
Infectious Sickness Rate | 8.4 | 6.4 | ||||
Rateable Value | £505,182 | £499,750 | ||||
„ 1901 | £328,756 | |||||
General District Rate, 1920 | 8s. | 2d. | 5s. l0d. | |||
„ 1901 | 3s. | 7d. | ||||
Total Poor Rate, 1920 | 13s. | 10d. | 8s. 6d. | |||
1901 | 4s. | l0d. | ||||
Education Rate, 1920 | 4s. | 6½d. | 2s. 6½d. | |||
„ 1901 | 1s. | 9½d. |