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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF CHELSEA
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
FOR THE YEAR 1950.
POPULATION; Registrar=General' s estimate of the population
of the Borough (mid 1950) 52,490
LIVE BIRTHS; Total M. F.
Legitimate 772 401 371 Birth rate per 1,000 of
Illegitimate 57 25 32 estimated population 15.8
829 426 403 Adjustment of birth rate by-
area comparability factor 11.7
STILL BIRTHS; 24 12 12 Rate per 1,000 total (live
and still) births 28.1
DEATHS; 638 321 317 Death rate per 1,000 of
estimated population 12.2
Adjustment of death rate by
area comparability factor 11.6
MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE: NIL
DEATH RATES OF INFANTS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE.;
All infants per 1,000 live births 25.3
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 23.3
Illegitimate infants per ls000 illegitimate live births 52.6
DEATH FROM TUBERCULOSIS:
Pulmonary 14 Other forms 2
Death rate from Pulmonary Tuberculosis per 1,000 estimated
population 0.3
MATERNAL MORTALITY IN ENGLAND AND WALES
Rates per l,000 Total Rates per million
(Live and Still) Births women aged 15-44.
Abortion with sepsis 0.09 7
Other abortion 0.05 4
Complication of pregnancy and
delivery 0.54 —
Sepsis of childbirth and the
puerperium 0.03
Other complications of the
puerperium 0.15