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Chislehurst 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]
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SECTION A— STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
OF THE AREA.
Area (in acres) 8,950
Registrar-General estimate of population, mid-1937 58,670
Census, 1931 27,063
Number of occupied houses, December, 1937 16,630
Rateable Value, December, 1937 £499,427
Sum represented by a penny rate, December, 1937 £1,930
| Birth Ratq per 1,000 of estimated resident population. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live births: | Total. | M. | F. | ||
| Legitimate | 971 | 504 | 467 | ||
| Illegitimate | 24 | 9 | 15 | ||
| Total | 995 | 513 | 482 | 16.9 | |
| Rate per 1,000 (live and still) births. | |||||
| Stillbirths | 28 | 17 | 11 | 27.3 | |
| Death Rate per 1,000 of estimated resident population. | |||||
| Deaths | 515 | 263 | 252 | 8.7 | |
| Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births. | |||||
| Deaths from puerperal causes: Puerperal sepsis | 1 | 0.975 | |||
| Other puerperal causes | 6 | 5.865 | |||
| Total | 7 | 6.84 | |||
| Death Rate of Infants under one year of age: | |||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 47 | ||||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate births | 46 | ||||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 83 | ||||
| Deaths from Cancer (all ages) | 71 | ||||
| Deaths from Measles (all ages) | |||||
| Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) | |||||
| Deaths from Diarrhoea (under two years of age) | 5 | ||||
SECTION B.— GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH
SERVICES FOR THE AREA.
Laboratory Facilities: West Kent Joint Isolation Hospital,
and Kent County Laboratory, Maidstone.
Ambulance Facilities:
For Infectious Disease: Four ambulances provided by the
West Kent Joint Hospital Board.
For general and accident cases: Two ambulances provided
by Council.
Nursing' Facilities: Local District Nursing Associations.
Clinics and Treatment Centres: Maternity and Child Welfare
work is carried out by the Kent County Council.
Immunising- Clinic (against Diphtheria) held once a week at
the Council Offices,