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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
Chislehurst 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]
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| Puerperal sepsis | 1 | ||||
| Total. | Male. | Female. | |||
| Legitimate | 32 | 16 | 16 | ||
| Illegitimate | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 34 | 17 | 17 | |||
| All Infants per 1,000 live births | 24.8 | ||||
| Legitimate Infants per 1,000 live legitimate births | 24.2 | ||||
| Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 live illegitimate births | 44.4 | ||||
| Year | Population | No. of Births (live) | No. of Deaths | No. of Infant Deaths | No. of Maternal Deaths | Birth Rate | Death Rate | Infant Mortality Rate | Maternal Mortality Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 67,870 | 1,412 | 638 | 35 | 1 | 20.8 | 9.4 | 24.0 | 0.6 |
| 1947 | 70,580 | 1,481 | 632 | 44 | 1 | 20.9 | 8.9 | 29.0 | 0.6 |
| 1948 | 72,750 | 1,197 | 659 | 20 | 3 | 16.4 | 9.1 | 16.7 | 2.5 |
| 1949 | 73,850 | 1,159 | 582 | 22 | 3 | 15.8 | 7.9 | 19.0 | 2.6 |
| 1950 | 80,040 | 1,201 | 682 | 28 | — | 15.0 | 8.5 | 23.3 | — |
| 1951 | 85,150 | 1,372 | 757 | 32 | 4 | 16.1 | 8.9 | 23.3 | 2.9 |
| 1952 | 85,130 | 1,282 | 739 | 25 | 2 | 15.1 | 8.7 | 19.5 | 1.5 |
| 1953 | 85,290 | 1,291 | 732 | 31 | — | 15.1 | 8.6 | 24.0 | — |
| 1954 | 85,830 | 1,317 | 678 | 24 | — | 15.3 | 7.9 | 18.2 | — |
| 1955 | 86,870 | 1,370 | 747 | 34 | 1 | 15.8 | 8.6 | 24.8 | 0.72 |
Statistics for England and Wales, 1955.
Birth Rate per 1,000 total population 15.0
Death Rate per 1,000 total population 11.7
Infant Mortality Rate, per 1,000 live births 24.9
(Lowest ever recorded for whole country.)
POPULATION.
The Registrar General's estimate of the total population of the
Urban District mid-year 1955, was 86,870, which is an increase of
1,040 over the figure for the previous year. This figure gives a
density of 9.7 persons to the acre.
The natural increase of population, measured by excess of births
over deaths, for 1955, was 623.
The steady increase in population in the postwar years continues
and it is interesting to note that as recently as 1946. the number
resident in the district was only 67,870. It is not anticipated that
the rate of increase during the past ten years will continue during
the next ten years and it is more likely that in the not too distant
future this figure will tend to become a fairly static one.