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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF CHELSEA
Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health
for the year 1959
Area of the Borough:
General Rate:
Product of a Penny Rate (gross)
Rateable value of Borough as at
31st March, 1959:
659.6 acres
17s.8d. in the £ (at 31st March 1959)
£7,458
£1,877,832
Populations Registrar-General's estimate of the population
of the Borough (mid-year 1959) 49,520
Density of population per acre: 75.07
Live Births: Total Male Female
Legitimate 630 340 290
Illegitimate 92 54 38
722 394 328
Birth rate per 1,000
of estimated
population: 14.6
Adjustment of birth rate
by area comparability
factor 11.1
Birth rate for England and Wales - 16.5
Still Births: Total Male Female
Legitimate 4 1 3
Illegitimate 1 1 -
5 2 3
Rate per 1,000 live
and still births 6.9
Maternal Mortality: No deaths associated with pregnancy
or childbirth have occurred among
Chelsea residents since 1954.
Deaths: Total Male Female
726 314 412
Death rate per 1,000 of
estimated population 14.7
(males 6.3; females 8.3)
Adjustment of death rate
by area comparability
factor 11.0
Death rate for England and Wales - 11.6