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Chislehurst 1938
[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-1938 61.750
Population, 1931 (Census) 27,063
Number of occupied houses, December. 1938 17,350
Rateable Value, December, 1938 £534,382
Sum represented by a penny rate, December, 1938 £2,150
| Birth Rate por 1,000 of estimated resident population. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| live births: | Total. | M. | F. | ||
| Legitimate | 1.010 | 532 | 478 | ||
| Illegitimate | 28 | 13 | 15 | ||
| Total | 1,038 | 545 | 493 | 16.8 | |
| Rate per 1,000 (live and still) births. | |||||
| Stilbirths | 27 | 11 | 16 | 27.3 | |
| Death Rate per 1,000 of estimated resident population. | |||||
| Deaths | 526 | 291 | 235 | 8.5 | |
| Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births. | |||||
| Deaths from puerperal causes: Deaths. | |||||
| Puerperal sepsis | 2 | 1.877 | |||
| Other puerperal causes | - | - | |||
| Total | 2 | 1.877 | |||
| Death Rate of Infants under one year of age: All infants per 1,000 live births | 36 | ||||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate births | 36 | ||||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 35 | ||||
| Deaths from Cancer (all ages) | 92 | ||||
| Deaths from Measles (all ages) | nil | ||||
| Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) | nil | ||||
| Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | 4 | ||||
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,