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Chelsea 1956
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1956
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR THE YEAR 1956
| AREA OF THE BOROUGH: | 659.6 acres |
| GENERAL RATE: | 19s.10d in the £ (At 31st March, 1956) |
| PRODUCT OF A PENNY RATE (GROSS): | £5,357, |
| RATEABLE VALUE OF BOROUGH AS AT 31ST MARCH, 1956: | £1,332,811 |
POPULATION: Registrar-General's estimate of the population of the Borough (mid-year 1956) 51,070
| Density of population per acres: | 77.42 | |||||
| LIVE BIRTHS: | Total | M. | F. | Birth rate per 1,000 of estimated population | ||
| Legitimate Illegitimate | 738 | 366 | 372 | 16.4 | ||
| 99 | 51 | |||||
| 837 | 417 | |||||
| Adjustment of birth rate by area comparability factor | 12.5 | |||||
| STILL BIRTHS | s 15 | 7 | 8 | Rate per 1,000 (live and still births) | 17.6 | |
| DEATHS s | 815 | 361 | 454 | Death rate per l,000 of estimated population | 16.0 | |
| (Males 7.l 8 Females 8.9) Adjustment of death rate by area comparability factor | 11.2 | |||||
| MATERNAL MORTALITYg | No deaths associated with pregnancy or childbirth occurred amongst Chelsea residents during the yearQ | |||||
| DEATH RATES OF INFANTS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE 8 | ||||||
| All infants per l,000 live births | 25.1 | |||||
| Legitimate infants per l,000 legitimate live births | 23.0 | |||||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 40.4 | |||||
| DEATHS FROM TUBERCULOSIS: | ||||||
| Pulmonary | 1 | Other forms | Nil | |||
| Death rates per 1,000 of estimated populations: | ||||||
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis: | 0.019 | |||||
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | Nil | |||||