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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF CHELSEA.
ANNUAL (ABRIDGED) REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
FOR THE YEAR 1948.
POPULATION Registrar-General's estimate of
civilian population 50,890
LIVE BIRTHS Total M. F. Birth rate per 1,000
legitimate 801 430 371 estimated civilian
Illegitimate 82 38 44 population 17. 4
883 468 415
STILL BIRTHS 12 6 6 Rate per 1,000
total (live and
still) births 13. 4
DEATHS 597 282 315 Death rate per 1,000
estimated civilian
population 11. 7
DEATHS FROM PUERPERAL CAUSES
Deaths Rate per 1,000
total (live and
still) births
Puerperal Sepsis
Other puerperal
causes
DEATH RATE OF INFANTS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE; -
All infants per 1,000 live births 40
legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 34
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 98
[SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS (1938 - 1948 inclusive)
Year
Reg. Genl's
Estimate of
Population.
BIRTHS
DEATHS
DEATHS UNDER
ONE YEAR
MATERNAL
DEATHS.
No.
Rate.
No.
Rate
No.
Rate.
No.
Rate.
+
+
+
+
1938
56,050
574
10.2
757
13.5
46
80
3
5.1
1939
55,400
539
9.7
743
14.6
17
33
1
1.9
1940
38,700
428
11.0
851
22.0
15
40
3
7.8
1941
26,470
306
11.6
600
22 .7
9
38
-
-
1942
27,430
342
12.5
502
18.3
17
50
1
2.8
1943
30,330
459
15.1
554
18.3
32
70
1
2.1
1944
30,990
416
13.4
572
18.4
21
50
1
2.4
1945
35,310
557
15.8
536
15.2
25
45
4
6.9
1946
45,740
816
17.8
550
12.0
36
44
l
1.2
1947
51,000
968
19.0
611
22 .0
43
44
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1948
50,890
883
17.4
597
11.7
35
40
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Corrected figures after allowing for inward and outward transfers.