[Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Cheltenham Borough.

  • Cheltenham (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1948
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Credit: [Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Cheltenham Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SUMMARY OF GENERAL AND VITAL STATISTICS, 1948 Area of borough ... ... ... ... ... 5,146 acres (Census 1931, Corrected Figure ... ... 49,418 Population -< Mid-year, 1948. Registrar General’s Estimate ... ... ... 64,260 Number of inhabited houses f (1) structurally separate ... 14,371 End 1948 -n (2) Flats, Hotels, Occupied £ Shops, etc. ... 1,203 Rateable value ... ... ... ... ... £503,449 Sum represented by a penny rate ... ... ... £2,045 TABULAR STATEMENT OF THE MAIN VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1948 (with comparative Figures for England and Wales and other Great Towns). M. F. Totals Rates per 1,000 Population ive Births | Legitimate Illegitimate TOTALS 506 50 496 47 1002 97 Cheltenham 126 Great Towns including London (average) England and Wales 556 543 1099 17.1 20.0 17.9 till Births jj Legitimate | Illegitimate TOTALS 14 1 15 17 3 20 31 4 35 0.54 0.52 0.42 [)EATHS 347 423 770 12.0 11.6 10.8 )eaths of Infants J (Under 1 year of age) Legitimate Illegitimate TOTALS 19 6 10 0 29 6 <( Rates per 1 t 31.8 000 Live Births 39 34 25 10 35 Maternal Mortality Sepsis Other Causes ... TOTALS — 1 1 1 1 0.88 0.88 f Rates 1 J per 1000 i Live & Still f Births 0.29 0.73 — 2 2 1.76 1.02 NOTE ON TABULAR STATEMENT The following points should be borne in mind when considering the comparative figures given above. The figures for births and deaths are corrected for inward and out- ward transfers in order that the statistics may give as true a picture as possible of local conditions.