[Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, East Suffolk County Council.

  • East Suffolk (England). County Council.
Date:
1951
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Credit: [Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, East Suffolk County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I. GENERAL STATISTICS. ‘ ' Area : 548,608 acres {Census, 1951). Population'. 217,061 {fiensus, 1951). 218,400 (Registrar-General’s mid-year estimate, 1951). Number of inhabited houses: 52,513 {Census, 1931). Number of families or separate occupiers: 53,933 {Census 1931). Rateable Value : £1,123,511 (year beginning Is/ April, 1951). Estimated product of a penny rate : ^^4,547 {year beginning Isi April, 1951). Natural and Social Conditions of the Area. Geology, Industry and Commerce. These subjects are dealt with in the Survey Report for 1930 and there has been no material alteration requiring comment ; those desiring information are referred to that Report. 1951 Extracts from Vital Statistics for the Year. Live Births : M. F. Total. Legitimate .... 1,606 1,549 3,155 Illegitimate .... 90 81 171 Total live births 1,696 1,630 3,326 Stillbirths : Legitimate .... 38 28 66 Illegitimate .... 3 —■ 3 Total stillbirths 41 28 69 Deaths : 1.454 1,419 2,873 I Birth rate per 1,000 of ( estimated population :— ) 15.2. j Rate per 1,000 total > births (live and still- ) births) 20.3. j Crude death rate per > 1,000 of estimated popu- ) lation :—13.1. No. of Rate per 1,090 Deaths. total births. Deaths from Puerperal Causes : • - 1 0.3 Deaths of infants under one year of age: M. F. Total. Legitimate 35 42 77 Illegitimate 12 6 18 Total ... 47 48 95