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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Chislehurst 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]
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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
Area (in acres) 8,957
Registrar-General's estimate of population, mid-1940 63,650
Number of occupied houses, December, 1940 17,600
Rateable Value of District, December, 1940 £551,325
Sum represented by a penny rate £2,050
| Live Births: | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total. | M. | F. | Birth Rate per 1,000 of estimated population. | |
| Legitimate | 984 | 536 | 448 | |
| Illegitimate | 34 | 21 | 13 | |
| Total | 1,018 | 557 | 461 | 15.9 |
| Rate per 1,000 (live and still) births. | ||||
| Still-births | 34 | 20 | 14 | 32.3 |
| Rate per 1,000 of estimated population. | ||||
| Deaths | 659 | 321 | 338 | 10.3 |
| Deaths. | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births. | |||
| Deaths from Puerperal causes: | ||||
| Puerperal Sepsis | 1 | 0.94 | ||
| Other Puerperal causes | - | - | ||
| Number of deaths. | Rate per 1,000 live births. | |||
| Infant Deaths: | ||||
| All Infants | 46 | 44 | ||
| Rate per 1,000 legitimate live births. | ||||
| Legitimate Infants | 42 | 42 | ||
| Rate per 1,000 illegitimate live births. | ||||
| Illegitimate Infants | 4 | 117 | ||
| Deaths from Cancer (all ages) | 78 | |||
| Deaths from Measles (all ages) | 2 | |||
| Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) | - | |||
| Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 2 | ||||