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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF CHELSEA
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
FOR THE YEAR 1958
AREA OF THE BOROUGH; 659.6 acres
GENERAL RATE: 17s. 4d in the £ (At 31st March, 1958)
PRODUCT OF A PENNY RATE (GROSS) £7,386
RATEABLE VALUE OF BOROUGH AS AT
31st MARCH. 1958: £1,865,981
POPULATION: Registrar-General's estimate of the population
of the Borough (mid-year 1958) 50,190
Density of population per acres 76.09
LIVE BIRTHS: Total M. F.
Legitimate 644 337 307 Birth rate per 1,000
Illegitimate 98 50 48 of estimated
742 387 355 population 14.8
Adjustment of birth rate
by area comparability
factor 11.2
Birth rate for England and Wales - 16.4
STILL BIRTHS: Total M. F.
Legitimate 16 10 6 Rate per ly000 Live
Illegitimate 21 1 1 and Still Births 23.7
18 11 7
MATERNAL MORTALITY: No deaths associated with pregnancy
or childbirth have occurred among
Chelsea residents since 1954.
DEATHS: Total M. F.
730 322 408 Death rate per 1,000 of
estimated population 14.5
(Males 6.4: Females 8.1)
Adjustment of death rate
by area comparability
factor 10.4
Death rate for England and Vales 11.7