[Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Sowerby Bridge U.D.C.

  • Sowerby Bridge (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1947
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Credit: [Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Sowerby Bridge U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PRINCIPAL VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1947 Based on Registrar-Generars Figures. These figures show a comparison between the Urban District and other districts in the West Riding administration County. Sowerby Bridf'e Urban District Aggregate West Riding Urban Districts West Riding Admin. County England & Wales (Provis¬ ional figures) Birth Rate (per 1,000 estimated population) ... 21-8 21*6 21-5 20*5 Death Rates (all per 1,000 estimated population) All Causes. 14T 12-7 12-3 12-0 Zymotic Diseases (seven principal)* . 0-05 0-16 0-16 Tuberculosis of Respiratory System. 0T6 0.38 0-39 0-47 Other Forms of Tuberculosis ... 0-05 0-09 0-09 0-08 Respiratory Diseases t(excluding tuberculosis of respiratory system). 1-07 1*41 1-37 ** Cancer . 1-82 1-87 1*80 1-85 Heart and Circulatory Diseases J 5-88 4*23 3-98 Infant Mortality (Deaths under one year per 1,000 live births). 34 44 45 41 Diarrhoea (Deaths in infants under 2 years of age per 1,000 live births) ... Nil 5T7 5-31 5-8 Maternal Mortality (Deaths of mothers in childbirth per ijOOO live and still births) Puerperal .Sepsis ... Nil 0.24 0*21 0.26 Other Causes 2-39 0-88 1-07 0-91 Total . ^ 2-39 ri2 T28 1T7