[Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Harrogate Borough.

  • Harrogate (England). Borough Council. nb2014025795.
Date:
1941
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Credit: [Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Harrogate Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (A) STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA 1. POPULATION. The Population at the middle of 1941 is estimated by the Registrar-General at 54,790. 2. UNEMPLOYMENT. I learn from the Employment Exchange that the number of unemployed persons in the District (which includes neighbouring areas) at the end of December 1941, was 168, a substantial decrease of 273, as compared with 1940. 3. BIRTHS. The number of live births registered in Harrogate during the year was 724—367 males and 357 females, but the corrected ’•'figure supplied by the Registrar-General is 594—300 males and 294 females. The birth rate is 10.84 per 1,000, which is 3.36 below the rate for England and Wales, and 5.56 below that for the 148 smaller towns. There were 51 illegitimate births, 27 males and 24 females ; representing 8.6 per cent, of the live births and an illegitimate birth rate of 0.93 per 1,000 ; the corresponding figures for 1940 Avere 6.9 per cent, and 0.77 per 1,000. Still-Births. There has been a slight decrease in the number of still-births, and 33—17 males and 16 females, were registered as compared Avith 36 in the previous year, but the corrected ’•'figure supplied by the Registrar-General is 17—7 males and 10 females, as compared with 23 for the preceding year. This gives a rate of 27.8 per 1,000 total births and a still-birth rate of 0.31 per 1,000 of the popu- lation. 4. DEATHS. The number of deaths registered during the year was 762— 351 males and 411 females, but the corrected * number of deaths of residents as supplied by the Registrar-General is 706—319 males and 387 females. The death rate using the latter figure is 12.89, Avdiich is 1.21 lower than last year and which is 0.01 beloAv that for England and Wales. * The correction made by the Registrar General adjusts the number of births for Inward and Outward Transfers.