[Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Chesterfield Borough.

  • Chesterfield (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1954
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Credit: [Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Chesterfield Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1954 THE 1951 CENSUS. The Census Report for Derbyshire published during the year contains much interesting information and statistics relating to Chesterfield and it is felt some extracts should be included in this report. The population of Chesterfield at midnight on the 8th April, 1951 was 68,558 compared with 64,160 at the 1931 Census, an increase of 4,398 (6.9%). When it is considered that the natural increase—excess of births over deaths—during this 20 year period amounts to 12.0% it will be seen that the population movement into and out of the Borough shows a minus figure of 5.1%. In this connection an interesting table is included in the Census Report, showing the birth place of the population of the County as a whole and for Chesterfield. This shows that 71.5% of the present popula- tion of Derbyshire were born in the County while the figure for Chesterfield Borough is 79.5%. The following table shows the Acreage and Population in each of the Wards in the Borough, together with comparable figures in 1931 Administrative .^rea Acreage (Land and Inland Water) POPULATION 1931 19 51 Persons Persons Males Females Persons per Acre. a b c d e f g Chesterfield 8,472 64,160 68,558 33,515 35,043 8.1 Wards : Central .. 220 4,945 3,584 1,766 1,818 16.3 Hasland 473 4,678 4,817 2,359 2,458 10.2 Holmebrook 137 5,515 5,065 2,486 2,579 37.0 Moor 325 5,894 5,022 2,491 2,531 15.5 Newbold 2,200 6,555 8,701 4,222 4,479 4.0 New Whittington 428 3,534 3,502 1,761 1,741 8.2 Old Whittington 1,454 4,783 5,668 2,716 2,952 3.9 Rother .. 778 9,533 11,189 5,621 5,568 14.4 St. Helen’s 690 3,156 3,520 1,712 1,808 5.1 St. Leonard’s 677 5,178 4,885 2,434 2,451 7.2 Trinity 223 5,927 6,519 3,064 3,455 29.2 West 867 4,462 6,086 2,883 3,203 7.0 It will be seen from the above table that the population in Central Ward has decreased considerably while that of Newbold