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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF CHELSEA
Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health
for the year 1960,
Area of the Borough: 659.6 acres
General Rates: 17s.4d. in the £ (at 31st March 1960)
Product of a Penny Rate (gross) £7,867
Rateable value of Borough as at
31st March, 1960 £1,948,869
Populations Registrar-General's estimate of the population
of the Borough (mid-year 1960). 49,140
Density of population per acres: 74.58
Live Births: Total Male Female
Legitimate 599 293 306 Birth rate per 1,000
Illegitimate 98 42 56 of estimated
697 335 362 populations 14.2
Adjustment of birth rate
by area comparability
factor 10.8
Birth rate for England and Wales - 17.1
Still Birthss Total Male Female
Legitimate 12 5 7 Rate per l,000 live
Illegitimate 2 2 1 and still births 21.1
15 2
Maternal Mortality: No deaths associated with pregnancy
or childbirth have occurred among
Chelsea residents since 1954.
Deaths: Total Male Female
729 318 411 Death rate par 1,000 of
estimated population 14.8
(males 6.43 females 8.4)
Adjustment of death rate
by area comparability
factor 11.5
Death rate for England and Wales -11.5