[Report 1927] / Medical Officer of Health, Burnley County Borough.

  • Burnley (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1927
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Credit: [Report 1927] / Medical Officer of Health, Burnley County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Unemployment.—The average number of unemployed in l-5urule3% on the register of the Employment Exchange was 4,15;], less than half the average number for 1926, which was 9,lS:h Health Insurance.—The total number of insured persons in Burnley, on the 31st March, 1928, was 5(5,140 or approximately 50% of the total population. VITAL STATISTICS. Births.—^There have been 1,509 births (786 males, 723 females) registered in Burnley during 1927. 54 of these were bom of mothers whose residence was outside the Borough, and are therefore outward transfers. This leaves 1,455 Burnley births registered in the Borough. In addition the Registrar General has assigned 52 births to Buniley which were born outside the area. The net Burnley births registered during the year are therefore 1,;)07 of which there were 792 males and 715 females. Illegitimate births amounted to 93 (48 males and 45 females), the per- centage being 6-2 compared with 5T in the previous year. The birth rate per 1,000 of population is 15-2 as compared with lOT in 1926 and 17-4 the average for the preceeding 10 years. The rate is highest in St. Paul’s Ward (22-8), and lowest in St. Andrew’s Ward (10-4). Throughout England and Wales the birth rate in 1927 was 10-7, and in the 107 great towns 17-1. Deaths.—There were 1,708 deaths registered in Burnley during the year. Of this number 232 were treated as outward transfers to other districts, leaving 1,476 deaths of residents. To this number has been added 53 deaths of Burnley people who died in other districts. 13 of these deaths occured in Institutions for the Mentally Defective. The net deaths therefor are 1,529 (males 755, females 774), giving a crude death rate of lo-4 per 1,000 of population. The death rate for England and Wales in 1927 was 12-3, and in the 107 great towns 12-2 Age Distribution.—There were 244 deaths under 5 years of age (16%) 166 being children under 1 year of age ; 34 of school children, i.e., between 5 and 15 years of age ; 54 between 15 and 25 ; 165 from 25 to 45 ; 458 between 45 and 65 and 574 or rather more than a third of the total were persons aged 65 years and upwards. • There have been 694 deaths in Public Institutions as follows: