[Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Chesterfield Borough.

  • Chesterfield (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1938
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Credit: [Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Chesterfield Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    APPENDIX 2. GENERAL INFORMATION. Area (Acres) 8,472 Population 1937 (estimated) 64,730 Number of Inhabited Houses 16,971 Rateable Value £383,063 Sum represented by penny rate (gross)- £1,515 APPENDIX 3. EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR. M. F. Total Live Births—Legitimate 518 510 1 Illegitimate 20 31 I Birth Rate per 1,000 of Population—16.7. M. F. Total. Still Births—^Legitimate 18 19 i Illegitimate 2 1 I Rate per 1,000 total births—35.8 M. F. Total Deaths 397 311 708 Death Rate (Crude) 10.9 Death Rate (Adjusted) 12.4 Deaths from Puerperal Causes. From Sepsis 1 Rate per 1,000 total Births—0.89 From Other Causes 2 Rate per 1,000 total Births—1.78 Death Rate of Infants under one year of age :— All infants per 1,000 live births 53 Legitimate infants per 1,000 Legitimate live births 49 Illegitimate infants per 1,000 Illegitimate live births 117 Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 83 Deaths from Measles (all ages) Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years) 3