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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 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]
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STATISTICS & SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
Area (in acres) 8,957
Registrar-General's estimate of population, mid-
1943 60,130
Number of occupied houses, December 1943 18,171
Rateable Value of District, December 1943 £543,412
Sum represented by a penny rate £2,100
VITAL STATISTICS.
Total. Males. Females. Birth Rate per 1.000 of
estimated population.
Live Births:
Legitimate 1,032 536 496
Illegitimate 43 27 16
Total 1,075 563 512 17.8
Rate per 1.000 live and
still-births.
Still-births 27 15 12 24.5
Rate per 1,000 o£
estimated population.
Deaths 606 314 292 10.0
No. of Deaths.
Deaths from Puerperal causes:
Puerperal Sepsis Nil
Other causes Nil
No. of Deaths. Rate per 1,000 live births.
Infant Deaths:
All Infants 39 36
Legitimate Infants 37 35
Illegitimate Infants 2 46
Deaths from: Cancer (all ages) 98
Measles (all ages) Nil
Whooping Cough (all ages) Nil
Diarrhoea (under 2 years) 3