[Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Chippenham Borough.

  • Chippenham (Wiltshire, England). Borough Council.
Date:
1953
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Credit: [Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Chippenham Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    GENERAL STATISTICS, Area ( in acres) 1843 Population 14990 Number of inhabited houses (end of 1953 according to the Rate Book) 4387 Rateable Value •.••• £102,627 Sum represented by Penny Rate . ... £4^9* VITAL STATISTICS, LIVE BIRTHS BIRTHS FiALE PEI'.IALE TOTAL Legitimate 102 105 207 Illegitimate 4 3 7 Total Live Births 106 108 214 Birth Rate for the Borough .14*2 per 1000 of the population. Comparative Rate for England & Wales 15*5 1000 of the population. The Birth Rate for the Borough this year shows an increase as compared with 1952 when it v/as estimated at 13i#3 per 1000 of the population. The Comparative Rate for England & VlTales also shovi/s a minimal increase over the previous year’s figure of 15»3 per 1000 of the population. STILL BIRTHS 1 BIRTHS 1 mLE j FEI'IALE TOTAL Legitimate 1 1“6 7 Illegitimate - ! - — Total Still Births 1 I 6 7 Rate per 1000 of the population 0.46 Rate per 1000 of the population 0.46 Comparative Rate for 1000 of the population (England & Wales) ,0,35 The Still Birth Rate given above is slightly higher than the rate for 1952 given as 0,26 per 1000 of the population# There has been no change in the rate for England & Wales,