[Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Holland County Council (Lincolnshire).

  • Holland (England). County Council.
Date:
1945
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Credit: [Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Holland County Council (Lincolnshire). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF AREA. (a) GENERAL STATISTICS. Area (acres) 267,854 Population (Census 1931) 92,330 Population (Estimated mid-1945) 92,580 Rateable Value for the whole County (1st April, 1940 ••• £361,723 Actual product of penny rate for whole County I944‘45) £M36 (b) EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR. Live Births Males. Females. Legitimate 838 771 Illegitimate 96 79 Total births 934 850 Birth-rate per 1,000 population19.3 Deaths from all causes:—987. Net Death-rate Urban Districts • • • » • • 12.3 Rural Districts • • • • • • 9-7 Administrative County • • • * • . 10.7 England and Wales ... 11.4 Number of women dying in or in consequence of Child-birth Rate per 1,000 births • • • • • Death-rate of infants under one year of age per 1,000 births Deaths from measles (all ages) ... • • . • • • . . . Deaths from whooping cough (all ages) ... • ... ... Deaths from diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) .. • ... . . » Neo-natal death-rate (under 4 weeks) per 1,000 births Total. 1,609 175 1,784 2 1.1 30.2 4 1 4 17.9 BIRTH-RATE.—The birth-rate for 1945 was 19.3 compared with 20.1 for 1944. The highest rate was in Boston Borough, namely 20.6. Illegitimate births for the year numbered 175 equivalent to 9.8 per cent, of the total live births. DEATH-RATE.—The net death-rate shows a decrease as compared with 1944, the figures being 10.7 and 10.8 respectively. The highest rate was in Boston Borough (12.9), and the lowest ini the Boston Rural District (9.1). The death-rate for England and Wales was 11.4.