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

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

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    Death-rate of infants under one year of age :— All infants per 1,000 live births ... ... ... ... 32 Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births ... 30 Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births ... 77 Deaths from Cancer (all ages) ... ... ... ... 67 ,, ,, Measles (all ages) ,, ,, Whooping Cough (all ages) ,, ,, Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) ... ... — POPULATION. The Registrar-General’s estimate of population for the year 1949 is 32,340, which is 150 in excess of the estimated population for 1948, and 3,152 more than the Census population for 1931. BIRTHS. 526 I’ve births were assigned to the Borough, representing an annual birth rate of 16.3 per 1,000 of the population, compared with the figure of 16.7 for England and Wales and 18.0 for the 148 smaller towns. The annual birth rates for the past 40 years are shown in Table IV. DEATHS. The number of deaths for Middleton during 1949 was 436, giving a crude death rate of 13.5 per 1,000 of the population, com¬ pared with 11.7 for England and Wales and 11.6 for the 148 smaller towns. The age and ward incidence are shown in Table III. TABLE III. Age and Ward Incidence of Deaths occurring in 1949. Under 75 and Ward. 1 1 - — 2 - - 5 — 15 - -25 --45- — 65 up¬ wards Total North ... 2 — — 1 5 18 25 20 ... 71 Central ... 3 -— — — 2 9 24 16 ••• 54 South ... 1 1 — 1 8 38 29 35 ...113 East 7 — 1 2 6 26 25 32 ... 99 Earkfield'. 1 — —— — — 0 13 11 11 ... 38 West ... 3 — — —- 1 0 16 19 17 ... 58 Total ... 17 — 1 1 5 25 120 133 131 433