[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea].

  • Chelsea (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1952?]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    8 METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF CHELSEA ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR THE YEAR 1951 i POPULATION: Registrar-General's estimate of the population of the Borough (mid-year, 1951) 52,430 AREA OF THE BOROUGH: 660 acres LIVE BIRTHS Total M. F. Legitimate 766 393 373 Birth rate per 1,000 of Illegitimate 53 27 26 estimated population 15.6 819 420 399 Adjustment of birth rate by area comparability factor 11.5 STILL BIRTHS: 20 12 8 Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 23.8 DEATHS: 686 359 327 Death rate per 1,000 of estimated population 13.1 (Males 6.85 - Females 6.24) Adjustment of death rate by area comparability faotor 12.3 Excess of registered births over deaths - 133 (Males 61 - Females 72) MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE: NIL (No deaths associated with pregnancy or ohildbirth have occurred amongst Chelsea residents since 1946) DEATH RATES OF INFANTS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE All infants per 1,000 live births 23.2 Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 23.5 Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 19.0 DEATHS FROM TUBERCULOSIS: Pulmonary 15 Other forms 1 Death rate from Pulmonary Tuberculosis per 1,000 of estimated population: 0.3,