[Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Malvern U.D.C.

  • Malvern (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1944
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Credit: [Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Malvern U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Area - Land and Inland water - 7,672 acres. Registrar-General’s estimate of Resident Population: T$,$iO. Number of inhabited houses (end of 1944) according to Rate Books: 5,700. Rateable value: £154,230 (1st April), Sum represented by a penny rate: £600 to nearest pound. VITAL STATISTICS. Live Births: Legitimate: Total 314. Males 173. Females 141. Illegitimate: Total 26. Males 18. Females 8. Birth rate per 1,000 of the resident population: 11.23. The rate for England and Wales was 17.6. Still-births: Total 7. Males 4 (legitimate). Females 3 (legitimate!. Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births: 20.58. Deaths: Total 281. Males 122. Females 159. Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population: 13.06. The rate for England and Wales was 11.6. As no comparability factor is available it is impossible to correct these figures according to the age and sex distribution of this area as compared with that of England and Wales. Deaths from Puerperal Sepsis: 1. Rate per 1,000 total births 2.94, Deaths from Cancer at all ages: 42. Deaths of Infants under one year: Total 23. Males 15. Females 8. Rates: All infants per 1,000 live births 67.6. The rate for England and Wales was 46.0. Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 73.2. Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births NIL. Deaths in this group were mainly due to prematurity and Broncho-pneumonia. xxxxxxx Section 3. Staff: No important change occurred except that Mr. Franks, the AsBTstant Sanitary Inspector left towards the end of the year.