Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]
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Total number of Visits paid 98
Number of Defects found 12
Number of Preliminary Notices served 12
APPENDIX
Area of District (acres) 2,791
Population (1925)
Number of inhabited houses, 1921 1,860
Ditto 1924 1,981
Ditto 1925 1,989
Number of families or separate occupiers:
Lower Chislehurst 783
Upper Chislehurst 1,105
1,888
Rateable Value £84,248
Sum represented by penny rate £305
EXTRACT FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR.
Total
Male
Female
Births.
Legitimate
147
80
67
Illegitimate
2
1
1 Birth Rate 16.2
Deaths.
100
39
61 Death Rate 10.9
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, childbirth:—
From sepsis Nil
From other causes 1
Deaths of infants under one year of age, per 1,000 births.
Legitimate 47, Illegitimate 500, total 53.
Deaths from Measles (all ages) Nil
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) 1
Deaths from Diarrhœa (under 2 years) Nil