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

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

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    STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA. GENERAL STATISTICS. Area (from 1st April, 1939) Population (Census, 1931) ... Registrar-General’s Estimate for mid-1949 (Provisional) Number of inhabited houses, 1st April, 1949 Rateable value (1st April, 1949) unreduced Rateable value (1st April, 1949) reduced ... Sum represented by Penny Rate (est. 1949-50) 8,736 acres 68,523 108,600 28,860 £873,909 £756,701 £3,075 EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR Total THE YEAR 1949 Males Females Notified live births Legitimate • • • 2,077 1,062 1,015 Illegitimate * • • 76 43 33 All • • • 2,153 1,105 1,048 Notified stillbirths Legitimate • • • 61 34 27 Illegitimate net 2 1 1 All « c « 63 35 28 Total Live and Stillbirths (Notified) • • • 2,216 1,140 1,076 Stillbirth Rate per 1,000 total (live & Registered live births * Still) • ii births*... 1,838 • • • ♦ • • 23.89 Live Birth Rate per 1,000 of estimated resident population (provisional) 16.9 Total Males Females Registered Deaths* . ... 1,066 565 501 Death rate per 1,000 estimated resident population ... ... 9.8 Death from Puerperal Causes (Headings 29 and 30 of Registrar-General’s short list) :— Rate per 1,000 Deaths registered total births No. 29 Puerperal Sepsis ... — — No. 30 Other Puerperal causes 1 0.5 Total . 1 0.5 Death Rates of Infants under 1 year of age :— All Infants per 1,000 registered live births (provisional) ... 27 Legitimate per 1,000 legitimate live births (provisional) ... 27 Illegitimate per 1,000 illegitimate live births (provisional) 18 * Corrected for inward and outward transfers.