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Chelsea 1955
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1955
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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF CHELSEA. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR THE YEAR 1955
| AREA OF THE BOROUGH: | 659.6 acres | |||||||||
| GENERAL RATE: | 19s.6d. in the £ (At 31st March, 1955) | |||||||||
| PRODUCT OF A PENNY RATE (GROSS): | £5,289. | |||||||||
| RATEABLE VALUE OF BOROUGH AS AT 31ST MARCH. 1955: | £1,316,915. | |||||||||
| POPULATION: | Registrar-General's estimate of the population of the Borough (mid-year, 1955) | 51,450 | ||||||||
| LIVE BIRTHS: | Total | M. | F. | |||||||
| Legitimate | 674 | 351 | 323 | Birth rate per 1,000 of estimated population | 14.5 | |||||
| Illegitimate | 71 | 35 | 36 | |||||||
| 745 | 386 | 359 | Adjustment of birth rate by area comparability factor | 10.9 | ||||||
| STILL BIRTHS: | 15 | 8 | 7 | Rate per 1,000 (live and still births) | 19.7 | |||||
| DEATHS: | 825 | 372 | 453 | Death rate per 1,000 of estimated population (Males: 7.2: Females 8.8) | 16.0 | |||||
| Adjustment of death rate by area comparability factor | 14.1 | |||||||||
| MATERNAL MORTALITY: | No deaths associated with pregnancy or childbirth occurred amongst Chelsea residents during the year. | |||||||||
| DEATH RATES OF INFANTS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE: | ||||||||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 33.5 | |||||||||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 31.1 | |||||||||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 Illegitimate live births | 56.3 | |||||||||
| DEATHS FROM TUBERCULOSIS: | ||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 8 | Other forms | 1 | |||||||
| Death rates per 1,000 of estimated pqpulation:- | ||||||||||
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis: | 0.15 | |||||||||
| Other forms: | 0.019 | |||||||||