[Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, Southend-on-Sea Borough.

  • Southend-on-Sea (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1949
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Credit: [Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, Southend-on-Sea Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    VITAL STATISTICS, 1949. Population Census 1931 (prior to the Extension of the Borough on the 1st October, 1933) . •• ••• ••• • • • 120,093 At mid-year, 1949, as estimated by Registrar General, Civilian . • • • 148,600 Total • • • 149,500 Af mid-year, 1939, as estimated by Registrar General ... 137,800 Live Births Male Female Total Number of legitimate births ... 1,146 1,074 2,220 Number of illegitimate births 71 75 146 Total Births 1,217 1,149 2,366 Birth Rate per 1,000 Residents 15.92 Illegitimate Birth Rate per 1,000 Residents ... .98 Still Births Male Female Total Number of legitimate still births 21 15 36 Number of illegitimate still births . . . - — — Deaths Male Female Total Number of deaths . 888 1,032 1,920 Death rate per 1,000 ••• ••• ••• « • • 12.92 (This figure, to render it comparable with the death rate for the country as a whole, has to be multiplied by the “ comparability . factor,” .83, which has been supplied by the Registrar General as requisite to redress the abnormal constitution of the local popula- ■ tion from the point of view of sex and age components. Applying this factor, the corrected death rate is 10.73.) Women dying in, or in consequence of, child birth: — Rate per 1,000 No. Births {Live & Still) From Sepsis .. 1 .41 From other causes ... ... — — Total ... 1 .41 Infant Mortality Rate All infants per 1,000 live births . 25.78 Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births ... 26.12 Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births ... 20.55