[Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Scunthorpe Borough.

  • Scunthorpe (England). Borough Council
Date:
1954
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Credit: [Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Scunthorpe Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    STATISTICS SUMMARISED FOR 1954. Area of the Borough .1 Population (Mid-1954 Registrar-General’s estimate) Population increase . Number of inhabited houses (December 1954 rate books) Density of population per acre . Rateable value (31st March, 1954) . Product of penny rate . Number of births—(a) Legitimate M. 511 F. 483 (b) Illegitimate M. 24 F. 24 Birth rate (per 1,000 population) . Number of Stillbirths—(a) Legitimate M. 12 F. 13 (b) Illegitimate M. 1 F. ] Death rate (per 1,900 population) . Number of deaths under 1 year—M. 14 F. 9. Infantile death rate (per 1,000 live births) . Legitimate infant death rate (per 1,000 legitimate live births) . Illegitimate infant death rate (per 1,000 illegitimate live births) . Number of deaths under 4 weeks—M. 7 F. 5. Neonatal death rate (per 1,000 live births) . Number of deaths from cancer . Number of deaths from tuberculosis . Puerperal deaths—(a) Sepsis . (b) Other . Maternal mortality rate . . ,895 acres 56,520 670 16,777 7.16 £373,169 £1,504 1,042 18.43 8.89 23 22.1 23.1 12 11.51 92 11 0.96 BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN INDIVIDUAL WARDS. Estimated Ward Popu- Births Deaths lation M. F. Total Rate M. F. Total Rate Ashby . 12,329 164 163 327 26.52 40 37 77 6.24 Brumby . 8,250 78 03 141 17.09 34 33 67 8.12 Crosby 4,014 32 29 61 15.19 29 25 54 13.45 East . 2,707 26 32 58 21.43 18 19 37 13.66 Frodingham 10,064 100 87 187 18.58 64 38 102 10.13 Park . 7,510 60 64 124 16.51 40 23 63 8.38 Town . 3,964 26 22 48 12.11 22 23 45 11.35 West . 7,682 49 47 96 12.49 32 26 58 7.55 56,520 535 507 1042 279 224 503