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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF CHELSEA
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
FOR THE YEAR 1951
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POPULATION: Registrar-General's estimate of the population
of the Borough (mid-year, 1951) 52,430
AREA OF THE BOROUGH: 660 acres
LIVE BIRTHS Total M. F.
Legitimate 766 393 373 Birth rate per 1,000 of
Illegitimate 53 27 26 estimated population 15.6
819 420 399 Adjustment of birth rate by
area comparability factor 11.5
STILL BIRTHS: 20 12 8 Rate per 1,000 total (live
and still) births 23.8
DEATHS: 686 359 327 Death rate per 1,000 of
estimated population 13.1
(Males 6.85 - Females 6.24)
Adjustment of death rate by area
comparability faotor 12.3
Excess of registered births over deaths - 133
(Males 61 - Females 72)
MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE: NIL
(No deaths associated with pregnancy or ohildbirth
have occurred amongst Chelsea residents since 1946)
DEATH RATES OF INFANTS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE
All infants per 1,000 live births 23.2
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 23.5
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 19.0
DEATHS FROM TUBERCULOSIS:
Pulmonary 15 Other forms 1
Death rate from Pulmonary Tuberculosis per 1,000 of
estimated population: 0.3,