[Report 1971] / Medical Officer of Health, St Albans R.D.C.

  • St. Albans (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1971
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Credit: [Report 1971] / Medical Officer of Health, St Albans R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Comments on Births 6 children died under the age of 1 compared with 8 in 1970, a decrease of 2» This makes the infant mortality rate in 1971, lOoO, compared with 15o0 in 1970. Breedcing down the number of children who died under the age of 1 year, 3 children died in the first week of life compared with 5 in 1970, giving an early neo-natal mortality rate of 5«0 in 1971 a total of 5 children died under the age of 1 month, compared with 7 children in 1970, giving a newo-natal mortality rate of 8«0 (iloO in 1970). There was one death of a child between 1 month and 1 year old in 1971, the same as the previous year. Considering together the stillbirths, and those children who died in the first week of life (that is, those children whose death resulted as a complication of pregnancy, and childbirth), the perinatal mortality rate was *300 compared with 24.0 in 1970. Although all these rates vary from the previous year, these differences are really very small aind all could be due to chance variations. The National figures for England and Wales are given for comparison. DEATHS Number of Deaths: 547 Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated population: 12.2 There were 54? deaths in the district in 1971, compared with 583 in 1970. This gives a death rate of 12.2 compared with a death rate of 13»2 in 1970. When these figures are corrected, the death rate treated in this way becomes 7*9 in 1971 and 8.6 in 1970. The death rate for England and Wales to be compared with this is 11. St.Albeins R.D.C. Factor Herts Factor 12.2 0.65 9.0 1.13 11.6 7.9 10.2 11.6 Crude Death Rate Corrected Death Rate Death. Birth. Infeint Mortality, Stillbirth and Perinatal Mortality Rates Year Death Birth Infant Mortality Stillbirth Peri-na' Rate Rate Rate Rate Mortality 1950 7.7 13.2 22.5 1951 7.7 13.3 29.1 1952 6.8 12.8 8.1 1953 18.1 14.5 28.6 1954 17.7 14.5 16.6 1955 19.1 15.2 15.3 1956 19.3 14.4 19.8 1957 16.0 15.3 17.8 1958 13.6 17o3 18.5 1959 12.1 17.7 23.5 i960 12.4 17.6 22.9 1961 12.3 17.4 16.5 19.2 35.4 1962 12.7 18.7 20,4 9.5 21,6 1963 13.6 18.2 8,2 12.2 14,9 1964 10.7 17.9 9.5 6.7 10,8 1965 12.3 15.3 13.9 12.2 22,9 1966 13.0 14.7 8,0 11,1 15.9 1967 11.9 14.3 7.0 8.0 11,0 1968 13.5 14.2 17.8 14,4 27-2 1969 13.8 14.0 10.0 8.0 16.0 1970 13.2 14.1 13.0 16,0 24.0 1971 12.2 14.1 10.0 8.0 13.0