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Chelsea 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea]
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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF CHELSEA.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR, THE YEAR 1949.
| POPULATION: Registrar-General's estimate of civilian population | 51,990 | |||||
| LIVE BIRTHS: | Total | M. | F. | Birth rate per 1,000 estimated civilian population | 16.8 | |
| Legitimate | 817 | 445 | 372 | |||
| Illegitimate | 58 | 34 | __24 | |||
| 875 | 479 | 396 | ||||
| STILL BIRTHS: | 17 | 9 | 8 | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 19.0 | |
| 588 | 290 | 298 | Death rate per 1,000 estimated civilian population | 11.1 | ||
| Adjustment of death rate by comparability factor | 10.5 | |||||
| DEATHS 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 | 26.3 | |||||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 24.5 | |||||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 51.7 | |||||
| TUBERCULOSIS | Pulmonary | 14 | ||||
| DEATHS: | Other forms | 1 | ||||
| Death rate from Pulmonary Tuberculosis per 1,000 estimated civilian population.. | 0.27 | |||||