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Chislehurst 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]
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The natural increase of population, measured by excess of
births over deaths, was 492.
The 1961 Census figures give a population of 86,907 persons,
of which number 41,870 were males and 45,037 females. The
intercensal increase (1951-1961) was 3,057 persons or 3.6% increase
in population.
BIRTHS.
1,286 live births appertaining to the Urban District were registered
during 1961, of which 641 were males, and 645 females. There
were 1,239 legitimate and 47 illegitimate births. The crude birth
rate for the Urban District was 14.7 per 1,000 total population.
The rate for England and Wales as a whole was 17.4.
The illegitimate birth rate was 36.6 per 1,000 live and still
births. There were 47 illegitimate live births, of which 22 were
males and 25 females.
24 stillbirths were registered, giving a rate of 0.27 per 1.000
total population and 18.3 per 1,000 live and still births. 12 of the
stillbirths were males anrl 12 females
The rate for England and Wales was 18.7 per 1,000 total births. Details of the births in the area during the past ten years are given below:—
| NUMBER OF LIVE BIRTHS | NUMBER OF STILLBIRTHS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Legitimate | Illegitimate | Total | Legitimate | Illegitimate | Total | Total births |
| 1952 | 1,237 | 45 | 1,282 | 33 | — | 33 | 1,315 |
| 1953 | 1,239 | 52 | 1,291 | 28 | 1 | 29 | 1,320 |
| 1954 | 1,276 | 41 | 1,317 | 28 | 2 | 30 | 1,347 |
| 1955 | 1,325 | 45 | 1,370 | 17 | — | 17 | 1,387 |
| 1956 | 1,200 | 44 | 1,244 | 30 | — | 30 | 1,274 |
| 1957 | 1,192 | 35 | 1,227 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 1,250 |
| 1958 | 1,288 | 54 | 1,342 | 25 | 2 | 27 | 1,369 |
| 1959 | 1,220 | 51 | 1,271 | 21 | 2 | 23 | 1,294 |
| 1960 | 1,276 | 51 | 1,327 | 30 | 1 | 31 | 1,358 |
| 1961 | 1,239 | 47 | 1,286 | 23 | 1 | 24 | 1,310 |
| It will be seen from the above figures that vearlv the number of births has remained at a steady level throughout the ten year period. | |||||||
INFANT MORTALITY
There were 28 deaths of infants under one year of age in the
Urban District during 1961. as compared with 23 in the previous
vear.
The table which follows gives the Chislehurst and Sidcup
mortality rate for legitimate and illegitimate infants, as well as for
all infants, and also shows the comparison between the infant
mortality rate in the Urban District and that of England and Wales
during the past 10 years.