[Report 1965] / Medical Officer of Health, Wallasey Local Board / U.D.C. / County Borough.

  • Wallasey (England). Local Board.
Date:
1965
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Credit: [Report 1965] / Medical Officer of Health, Wallasey Local Board / U.D.C. / County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE SHOWING the Infantile Mortality rates of the Borough as compared with the figure for the whole of England and Wales for the census years from 1901 to 1951 and consecutive years to 1965. Year Wallasey England and Wales 1901 142.0 151 1911 109.0 130 1921 59.0 83 1931 44.8 66 1941 78.9 60 1951 32.4 29 1952 33.3 27 1953 24.7 27 1954 25.1 25 1955 25.4 25 1956 24.07 24 1957 26.10 23 1958 24.69 23 1959 26.06 22 1960 24.32 22 1961 19.38 22 1962 31.25 22 1963 24.60 21 1964 19.90 20 1965 19.54 19 ILLEGITIMACY During the year there were 148 illegitimate live births (82 Male: 66 Female) recorded by the Registrar-General as belonging to the Borough, compared with 130 in 1964. This gives an illegitimate birthrate of 80.3 per thousand total live births, as compared with 64.7 in 1964. There were six deaths of illegitimate children during the year. There were two illegitimate still births. ECONOMIC CONDITIONS The number of unemployed persons in the borough in January, 1965, was 1,351, and in December it was 939, compared with 1,*818 and 1,292 in January and December, 1964, respectively. The following amounts were expended] on Unemployment Insurance Benefit, etc., by the Wallasey Employment Exchange during 1965. Unemployment Insurance Benefit ... ... ... £150.500 National Assistance ... ... ... ... ... £89,500