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

Christchurch (Dorset, England). Borough Council.

Date:: 1953

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Credit: [Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Christchurch Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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RAINFALL FOR 1953: January ... . 91 July 2.60 February ... 1.18 August 1.63 March 55 September 3.28 April 1.83 October 2.46 May 1.85 November 1.54 June 1.27 December 75 Total: 19.85 inches. GENERAL STATISTICS: Area: 5.198 acres. Population: Registrar-General’s estimate for mid-year 1953; 21,510. Number of inhabited houses: 6.521. Rateable value, 31/3/53: £184,335. Sum represented by a penny rate: £738 6s. lOd. VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1953 (as supplied by the Registrar-General): Live Births. Total. Male. Female. Total 316 156 160 Legitimate 305 154 151 Illegitimate 11 2 9 Still Births. Total 4 3 1 Legitimate 3 2 1 Illegitimate 1 1 - Deaths. Total 352 139 213 Infant Mortality. (Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age.) Total 5 4 1 Legitimate 4 3 1 Illegitimate 1 1 - (Deaths of Infants under 4 weeks of Total age.) 3 2 1 Legitimate 3 2 1 Illegitimate - - - Maternal Mortality. Deaths from puerperal causes ... 2 - 2