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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 1942
[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-1942 60,400
Number of oeeupied houses, December, 1942 18,772
Rateable Value of District, December, 1942 £545,371
Sum represented by a penny rate £2,100
VITAL STATISTICS.
| Live Births | Total. | M. | F. | Birth Rate per 1.000 of estimated population. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 1,051 | 549 | 502 | ||||
| Illegitimate | 45 | 24 | 21 | ||||
| Total births | 1,096 | 573 | 523 | 18.1 | |||
| Stillbirths | 31 | Rate per 1,000 (live and still) births 27.5 | |||||
| Deaths | 591 | Rate per 1,000 of estimated population 9.7 | |||||
| No. of deaths. | Rate per 1.000 (live and still) births | ||||||
| Deaths from puerperal causes Puerperal Sepsis | l | 0.8 | |||||
| Other puerperal causes Infant Deaths: | 4 | 3.5 | |||||
| All infants | 42 | Rate per 1,000 live births 38 | |||||
| Legitimate infants | 38 | Rate per 1.000 legitimate live births 36 | |||||
| Illegitimate infants | 4 | Rate to per 1,000 illegitimate live births 88 | |||||
| Deaths from Dancer (all ages) | 96 | ||||||
| Deaths from Measles (all ages) | - | ||||||
| Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) | - | ||||||
| Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | 1 | ||||||