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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 1946
[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-
1946 67,870
Number of occupied houses, December, 1946 ... 19,651
Rateable Value of District £545,852
Sum represented by a penny rate £2,175
| Birth Rate per 1,000 of estimated population. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births: | Total. | M. | F. | |
| Legitimate | 1,347 | 690 | 657 | |
| Illegitimate | 65 | 49 | 16 | |
| Total Births | 1,412 | 739 | 673 | 20.8 |
| Rate per 1,000 (live and still) births. | ||||
| Stillbirths | 35 | 17 | 18 | 241 Death Rate per 1.000 of estimated population. |
| Deaths | 638 | 326 | 312 Deaths. | 9.4 Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births. |
| Deaths from puerperal causes: | ||||
| Puerperal Sepsis | 1 | 0.6 | ||
| Other puerperal causes | - | |||
| Total | 1 | 0.6 | ||
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age:
| All infants per 1,000 live births (35) | 24 | |
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births (35) | 25 | |
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | ||
| Deaths from Cancer (all ages) | 93 | |
| do. | Measles (all ages) | |
| do. | Whooping Cough (all ages) | |
| do. | Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | 4 |