[Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Chesterfield Borough.

  • Chesterfield (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1957
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Credit: [Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Chesterfield Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    GENERAL INFORMATION. Population (estimated) .. .. .. .. .. 67,200 Area (acres) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 8,472 Number of Inhabited Houses .. .. .. .. 21,660 Rateable Value .. .. .. .. .. .. £760,837 Sum represented by a penny rate (gross) .. .. £3,256 VITAL STATISTICS. M. F. Total Live Births—Legitimate 482 433 \ 951 Illegitimate 16 20/ Birth Rate per 1,000 Population : 14.15. Corrected by Reg. General’s comparability factor ; 13.58 M. F. Total Still Births—Legitimate 8 18^ 26 Illegitimate — Rate per 1,000 Total Births : 26.61 M. F. Total Deaths 456 361 817 Death Rate per 1,000 of Population : 12.15 Corrected by Reg. General’s comparabihty factor : 13.12, Deaths from Puerperal Causes. From Sepsis . . — From other causes .. • • . 3 Rate per 1,000 Total Births . 3.07 Death of Infants under one year of age. M. F. Total Legitimate .. 20 8 28 Illegitimate .. — — Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births 29.44 Deaths from Cancer (all ages) .. . • 149 -