Table: METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF CHELSEAANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTHFOR THE YEAR 1953
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF CHELSEA
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
FOR THE YEAR 1953
AREA OF THE BOROUGH: | 659.6 acres |
GENERAL RATE: | 1953-54-19s .6d. in the £. |
PRODUCT OF A PENNY RATE: | £5,125. |
RATEABLE VALUE OF BOROUGH AS AT 31st MARCH. 1953: | £1,290,102 |
POPULATIONS: | Registrar-General's estimate of the population of the Borough (mid-year, 1953) | 52,150 |
LIVE BIRTHS: | Total | M. | F. | | |
Legitimate | 726 | 391 | 335 | Birth rate per 1,000 of estimated population | 15.1 |
Illegitimate | 61 | 32 | 29 |
| 787 | 423 | 364 | Adjustment of birth rate by area comparability factor | 11.4 |
STILL BIRTHS: | 16 | 9 | 7 | Rate per 1,000 (live and still births) | 19.9 |
DEATHS: | 694 | 302 | 392 | Death rate per 1,000 of estimated population (Males 5.8: Females 7.5) | 13.3 |
| | | | Adjustment of death rate by area comparability factor | 11.7 |
EXCESS OF REGISTERED BIRTHS OVER DEATHS: | 93 (Males : Females) |
| +121 -28 |
MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE; | 3.7 |
(Three deaths associated with pregnancy or childbirth occurred amongst Chelsea residents during the year.) | |
DEATH RATE OF INFANTS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE: | |
All infants per 1,000 live births | 19.1 |
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 12.4 |
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 98.3 |
DEATHS FROM TUBERCULOSIS: |
Pulmonary | 4 | Other forms | - |
Death rate, per 1,000 of estimated population:- |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis: | 0.07 |