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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF CHET
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
FOR THE YEAR 1952
POPULATION: Registrar-General's estimate of the population
of the Borough (mid-year, 1952) 52,14-0
AREA OF THE BOROUGH: 660 acres
LIVE BIRTHS: Total M. F.
Legitimate 715 363 352 Birth rate per 1,000 of
Illegitimate 72 43 29 estimated population 15.1
787 406 381 Adjustment of birth rate by
area comparability factor-. .. Ho2
STILL BIRTHS: 14 9 5 Rate per 1,000 (live and
still births) 17.5
DEATHS: 669 325 344 Death rate per 1,000 of
estimated population 12.8
(Males 6.2 : Females 6.6)
Adjustment of death rate by
area comparability factor 12.1
EXCESS OF REGISTERED BIRTHS OVER DEATHS: 118 (Males 81 : Females 37)
MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE: NIL
(No deaths associated with pregnancy or
childbirth have occurred amongst Chelsea
residents for the past six years)
DEATH RATE OF INFANTS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE:
All infants per 1,000 live births 20.3
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 16.8
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 55®5
DEATHS FROM TUBERCULOSIS:
Pulmonary 12 Other forms 3
Death Rates per 1,000 of estimated population:Pulmonary
Tuberculosis: 0.23
Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis: 0.05