[Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Newmarket U.D.C.
- Newmarket (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1955
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Newmarket U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![SECTION A. STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS 01' THE AREA. 1. GENERAL STATISTICS, Aron 5,640 acres, Registrar General’s estimate of the resident population Number of inhabited houses at end of year according to Rate Book. Rateable Value Sum represented by a Penny Rate (1952) (10,530) ( a o c; 4 ) (io,~53o') C1954) ic,' 4S0) 1955- 10,530 (3,150) (3,246) (3,264) 3,300 (£79,800) (£81,629) (£82,610) £OA59 (£308) (£314) (£318) £323‘ EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR. dve Births. (1952] Total. (1953)(1954) 1955 Male. :i952)(1953)(19541 1955 A?52 Femal e. 1(1953X1954)1955 legitimate. 0351 (139) (154) 144 (74) (89 (j67 76 (6l (50 (78) 68 Illegitimate. (8) (7) (7) 4 (6) (3) (4) Nil W (4) (3) 4 stillbirths. Legitimate. (2] (3) (Nil) 9 (Nil) (Nil) (l) Nil (nu; (Nil)(Nil) Nil Illegitimate. (Nil) (Nil) (1) Nil (Nil) (Nil) (l) Nil (Nil; (Nil)(Nil) Nil Deaths. (130) (119) (120) 121 (77) (52) (74) 69 (53) (67) (54) 52 Deaths under one Year. (0) (6) (6) 1 (4) (3) (2) Nil (4) (3) (4) 1 3irth Rate.(Live Births oer'1000 population)• Newmarket. England & Wales (1952)(1953 )(i954Tl955 15.3 15.5 15.2 15.0 Comparability Factor Births, Newmarket. The Corrected Birth Rate stillbirth Rate per 1000 .Live & Still)births. )eath Rate per 1000 population. (1.05)(l*05)(1*02)1.02 (14*5)(14*3)(15*7)14*3 (13*0)(20.l)(6.2) 54.1 (12.5)(ll*5)(12.2)11.5 Comparability Factor,Deaths(0.36)(0.86)(0.90) 0.90 Tho Corrected Death Rate. (l0.8)(9.8) (ll.0)l0.3 Death Rate of Infants under All Infants per 1000 live oirths. .legitimate Infants per i.OOO legitimate births. illegitimate Infants per '000 illegitimate births. 1 year. (55.9)(41.l)(37.3) 6.0 (44.4) (1*3.2) (32.5) 6.9 (250.0) (Nil)(l42.9)Hil (22.6) (22.4)(24.0)23.1 (ll.3)(ll.4)(ll.3)ll.7 (27.6) (26.8)(25.5)24.9 (-) (-) (-) - (-) (-) (-) - Tho one donth under ono year was that of a legitimate female 3 days old lue to Prematurity occasioned by Placenta Praevia. The only other death in the nonage, that of a girl aged 17 years from Cerebral Tumour, was yet another reminder that growths are not confined to 'middle and old age. No other deaths occurred under age 45 years, save three males aged 23, 33 and 44 years as a result of motor vehicle accidents. .3 the two younger men both drove their cars into the back of stationary lorries, the recent efforts to provide lay-by’s1', to avoid such accidents, are welcome. . . It is worthy of note that of the 121 deaths in the District 95 (79/°) occurred after age 65 years, of which 55 (45/0 were those of persons over 75 years of age. There were three nonagenarians,the eldest a female of 95 years just exceeded the 94 years of the oldest male. 2](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29907020_0005.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
