[Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Colne U.D.C. / Borough.

Colne (Lancashire, England). Urban District Council.

Date:: 1938

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Credit: [Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Colne U.D.C. / Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1938. Area (in acres) ... ... ... ••• ••• ••• ••• 5»939 Population (estimated Mid-1938) ... ••• 21,960 No. of inhabited houses end of 1938, according to Rate Book 7>^7^ Rateable value ... ... ... ... ... ••• Sum represented by a Penny Rate ... ... ... ... ^494 EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE Y£:AR 1938. Birth Rate per thousand of the estimated Total. Male. Female. resident population. Live Births ... ( Legitimate 1 Illegitimate 186 6 91 5 95 I 8-7 ' Totals 192 96 96 Still Births ... 13 6 Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births. 63 Deaths 318 161 157 Death Rate per thousand of the estimated resident population. 14-4 1938 Adjusted Death Rate (comparability figure i'o6)—15'2 per 1,000. Deaths from Puerperal Causes :— Deaths. From Puerperal Sepsis... Nil Other Puerperal Causes Nil Total ... Nil Death Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births. Nil Nil Nil Deaths of Infants under one year of age :— Legitimate 8 Total ... Death Rates of Infants under one year of age All infants per 1,000 live births Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births Deaths from Cancer (all ages) M M Measles (all ages) >* »> Whooping Cough (all ages) »* »» Diarrhcea (under 2 years of age) 8 41 43 Nil 33 I Nil 1