[Report 1921] / Medical Officer of Health, Stanley (Co. Durham) U.D.C.

  • Stanley (Durham, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1921
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Credit: [Report 1921] / Medical Officer of Health, Stanley (Co. Durham) U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    8 EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR, BIRTHS— Males. Females. Total. Legitimate 376 388 764 Illegitimate 13 •24 37 389 412 801 DEATHS 194 146 340 Birth Rate (R.G.), Death Rate (R.G.), Number of women 31.86. 13.3. dying in, or in consequence of child birth a From Sepsis .... .... 1 h From other causes .... 1 2 Death Rate of Infants under one year of age per 1,000 births: a Legitimate ... .... 139 b Illegitimate .... .... 81 c Total .... ... 136 Deaths from Measles (all agesj .... 13 ,, Whooping Cough (all ages) 8 ,, Diarrhoea (under 2 years) .... 25 Births. The total number of births for the district in 1921 was 801 (389 males and 412 females), being less than the total for the previous year, when there were 870 births. This gives a birth rate for 1921 of 31.36 per 1,000 population, as compared with a rate of 35.67 for 1920. The rate for the whole of England and Wales is 22.4, and for the County of Durham 30.05. There were 37 illegitimate births (13 males and 24 females), which gives a birth rate of 1.45 per 1,000 population, and a rate of 46 per 1,006 children born. The number of births in the 7 preceding years was 870 in 1920, 686 in 1919, 588 in 1918, 651 in 1917, 597 in 1916, 797 in 1915, and 920 in 1914.