[Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Droitwich Borough.

  • Droitwich (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1949
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Credit: [Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Droitwich Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TO THE CORPORATION OF TSE BOROUGH OP DROITWICH Your Worship, Ladies & Gentlemen, I have the honour to pr^S'^nt my. report upon the health of the Borough for the year 1949* SECTION A, STATISTICS. Area, 1735 acres, Register-Generalestimate of resident population, mid 1949 5780, Number of inhabited houses 1949 according to Rate Books 1590, Rateable Value, £41,377, Sum represented by a Penny Rate, £155. 17, 9,3d, The following are extracts from the vital statistics for the year Live Births, Total Male Female, Legitimate 98, Illegitimate 5, Birth Rate per 1,000 of the resident population Birth Rato fo.r England and Wales 16,7, 54. 44, 3. 2, (estimated) 17,8 Still Births, Legitimate Illegitimate Total. 2 Male Female. 1 1 The Still Birth Rate per 1,000 population 0,35 The Still Birth Rate per 1,000 England and Wales 0,39, Deaths, Total, Male 74 33 Death Rate per 1,000 estimated population 12,8 Death Rate England and Wales same period 11,7 Deaths from PUERPERAL CAUSES - Nil, Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age. Total, Male. Legitimate 4 Illegitimate Infantile Mortality Rate for the year 38,8 Infantile Mortality Rate England & Wales 32,0 Female, 41 Female, 4 (1)