[Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Skelton & Brotton U.D.C.

  • Skelton and Brotton (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1959
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Credit: [Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Skelton & Brotton U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Statistics Statistics of the Area Population The Registrar-General’s estimate of the population of the district in the mid-year 1959 is 13,030 as compared to an estimate of the population in the mid-year of 1958 of 12,870. General Statistics I am indebted to the Financial Officer of the Council for the following figures:— 1. Area of the District in acres .... .... 15,419 2. No. of inhabited houses according to the rate books 4,244 3. Rateable Value .... .... .... .... /^87,747 4. Sum represented by a penny rate at 31/3/59 .... £294 TABLE 2 Vital Statistics Male Female Total Live Births 130 128 258 Legitimate 128 126 254 Illegitimate 2 2 4 Still Births 2 3 5 Legitimate 2 3 5 Illegitimate — — — Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age Male Female Total .... .... 4 6 Legitimate - - 4 5 Illegitimate — 1 The number of births registered being 258 gives a corrected birth-rate of 20.2 per 1,000 of the population; compared to 16.5 for England and Wales. 10 infants under the age of one year died giving an infantile mortality rate of 38.7 per 1,000 live births compared to the rate for England and Wales of 22.2. Five of the infant deaths were under four weeks of age.