[Report 1971] / Medical Officer of Health, Chelmsford Borough.

  • Chelmsford (England). Borough Council
Date:
1971
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Credit: [Report 1971] / Medical Officer of Health, Chelmsford Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA Area (in acres) Population 1971 Number of Inhabited Houses (end of 1971) according to Rate Books Rateable Value (1st April, 1971) Sum Represented by a Penny Rate (year ending 31st March, 1971) 4,772 58,050 (Registrar-General’s estimate of resident population, mid-year) Census, 1963—49,810 19,429 £3,748,038 £15,580 EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS ENGLAND CHELMSFORD & WALES Males Females T otals Live Births 586 491 1.077 783,165 Stillbirths 4 7 11 9,898 Total live and stillbirths 590 498 1,088 793,063 Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age 13 8 21 13,726 Deaths of Infants under 4 weeks of age 12 7 19 9,113 Deaths of Infants under 1 week of age 11 5 16 7,750 Deaths at all ages 283 249 532 567,345 Live Birth Rates Live births per 1,000 home population 18.6 16.0 Area comparability factor .91 1.0 Local adjusted birth rate 16.9 Ratio of local adjusted rate to national rate 1.06 Infant Mortality Rates Deaths under 1 year per 1,000 live births ... 19 18 Deaths under 4 weeks per 1,000 live births ... 18 12 Deaths under 1 week per 1,000 live births ... 15 10 Perinatal Mortality Rate Stillbirths and deaths under 1 week . 25 22 combined per 1,000 total live and stillbirths Death Rates All Ages Deaths per 1,000 home population . . • • • • 9.2 11.6 Area comparability factor 1.21 1.0 Local adjusted rate . . ... 11.1 11.6 Ratio of local adjusted rate to national rate .96 1.0
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