[Report 1972] / Medical Officer of Health, Holland County Council (Lincolnshire).

  • Holland (England). County Council.
Date:
1972
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Credit: [Report 1972] / Medical Officer of Health, Holland County Council (Lincolnshire). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live and stillbirths 0.0. (Corresponding figure for England and Wales 0.15.) Deaths from all cases :—1,287. Net Death Rate per 1,000 population Urban Districts 12.2 Rural Districts 12.1 Administrative County 12.1 England and Wales 12.1 Deaths from measles Nil Deaths from whooping cough Nil Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 1 year) Nil BIRTH RATE.—The County rate has continued to fall to 13.8 live births per 1,000 population, compared with 14.4 in 1971. The rate a decade ago was 15.5 showing a gradual decline rather than any dramatic change. The highest rate in the County was in the East Eiloe area, 14.0, the lowest in the Spald- ing Urban District, 13.0. The corresponding rate for England and Wales in 1972 was 14.8. There w^as a drop in the number of illegitimate live births from 118 in 1971 to 103 in 1972 and represents 7% of the total live births. This compares favour- ably with the national figure of 9.0%. DEATH RATE.—The County rate of 12.1 is a little higher than the figure of 11.6 for last year and is the same as the figure for England and Wales for 1972. The highest rate was in the East Eiloe Rural at 13.4, and the lowest in the Boston Rural District at 11.4. INFANT MORTALITY RATES.—There was a dramatic decrease in the number of infant deaths under one year, 17, compared with 29 for the previous year. This gave a rate of 12.0 per 1,000 live births, against 19.0 for 1971 and much lower than the national figure of 17.0 for 1972. The rate for ille- gitimate mortality again increased to 29.0 per 1,000 illegitimate live births, against 10.0 being the legitimate rate per 1,000 legitimate live births. There were 11 deaths under 4 weeks giving a neo-natal mortality rate of 8.0 against the figure of 12.0 for England and Wales. This favourable comparison is also reflected in the early neo-natal rate of 6.0 against the national rate of 10.0. The peri-natal mortality rate is the total of still births and deaths under one week combined (29) per 1.000 live and still births, was 20.0 compared with 25.0 for the previous year.