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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF CHELSEA
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
FOR THE YEAR 1954
AREA OF THE BOROUGH:
GENERAL RATE:
PRODUCT OF A PENNY RATE:
RATEABLE VALUE OF BOROUGH
AS AT 31ST MARCH:
659.6 acres
19s.6d. in tbe £. (1954-55)
£5,227.
£1,306,330.
POPULATION: Registrar-General's estimate of the population
of the Borough (mid-year, 1954) 52,060
LIVE BIRTHS: Total M. F.
Legitimate 709 357 352 Birth rate per 1,000 of
Illegitimate 78 44 34 estimated population 15.1
787 401 386 Adjustment of birth rate by
area comparability factor 11.3
STILL BIRTHS: 13 6 7 Rate per 1,000 (live and
still births) 16.2
DEATHS: 734 351 383 Death rate per 1,000 of
estimated population 14.1
(Males: 6.7; Females: 7.4)
Adjustment of death rate by
area comparability faster 12.4
EXCESS OF REGISTERED BIRTHS OVER DEATHS: 53 (Males 50 : Females 3)
MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE: 2.5
(Two deaths associated with pregnancy or childbirth occurred amongst
Chelsea residents during the year.)
DEATH RATES OF INFANTS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE:
All infant per 1,000 live births 26.6
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 22.6
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 64.1
DEATHS FROM TUBERCULOSIS:
Pulmonary 9 Other forms —
Death rate per 1,000 of estimated population:-
Pulmonary Tuberculosis: 0.17