[Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Okehampton Borough.

  • Okehampton (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1960
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Credit: [Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Okehampton Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Mr. Mayor, Aldermen, Ladies and Gentlemen, I beg to submit my Annual Report for the year ending 31st December, 1960, in accordance with the instructions of the Ministry of Health. The general health of the Borough has been good throughout the year, and there were no epidemics of any notifiable disease. The vital statistics are set out in the tables below. SECTION “A” General Statistics Area (statute acres) 786 Population - 1931 Census ... 3,519 Population - 1951 Census ... 3,897 Estimated home population - mid-1960 3,900 Number of inhabited houses 1,255 Rateable value ^50,174 Product of the Penny Rate ^202 Loan Debt ... ^179,122 Vital Statistics Male Female Total Births ... ... ... 25 18 43 Legitimate ... ... 25 18 Illegitimate ... ... - — Deaths .... ... ... 30 35 65 England and Wales Live Births Number 43 Rate per 1,000 population 11.2 17.1 Corrected birth rate 11.9 Illegitimate live births % of total live births — Stillbirths Number 1 Rate per 1,000 total live and still births 22.7 19.7 Total live and still births 44 Infant Mortality Rates Infant deaths under one year ... ... nil Total infant deaths per 1,000 total live births ... - Legitimate infant deaths per 1,000 legitimate live births ... ... ... ... ... - Illegitimate infant deaths per 1,000 illegitimate live births ... ... ... ... ... - Neo-natal mortality rate (deaths under 4 weeks per 1,000 total live births) ... ... - Early neo-natal mortality rate (deaths under 1 week per 1,000 total live births) ... - Perinatal mortality rate (stillbirths and deaths under 1 week combined per 1,000 total live and still births) ... ... ... ... ... 22.7 21.7