[Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Chelmsford Borough.

  • Chelmsford (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1938
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Credit: [Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Chelmsford Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Statistics and Social Conditions of the Area. Area (in acres) • • . 4,755. 31,400 (Registrar-General’s estimate of iii) Population - resident population, mid-year 1938). 26,537 (Census, 1931). Number of Inhabited Houses (end of 1938) according to to Rate Books • • . 9,846. Rateable Value . £303,842. Sum represented by a Penny hi Rate .. . £1,250. >» Extracts from Vital Statistics. Births. Total Male. Female. Legitimate .. 435 .. 217 .. 218 Birth Rate per 1,000 of the Live Births Illegitimate .. 15 .. 4 .. 11 „ estimated resi- dent popula- Totals .. 450 .. 221 .. 229 tion—14.3. Legitimate .. 19 .. 9 10' Rate per 1,000 Still Births i Illegitimate — .. — .. — „ total (live and still) births :— n Totals .. 19 .. 9 10_ 40.5. IBS Deaths. All causes • .. 297 .. 144 .. 153 Death Rate per ‘aH 1,000 of the estimated res- > ident popula- :fi« tion :—9.46. Deaths from Puerperal causes Ml Puerperal Sepsis 1 .. 2.13 Rato per 1,000 Other Puerperal Causes 1 .. 2.13 total (live and — still) births. Total 2 .. 4.26 pti Death Rate of Infants under one year of age :— All Infants per 1,000 live births .. 31.11 Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 27.59 Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births .33 |l»i Deaths from Cancer (all ages) .. • • • • 47 i Deaths from Measles (all ages) .. . . • • Nil. Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) Nil. 1 1 Deaths from Diarrhoea, &c. (under 2 years of age) 1