[Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Warwickshire County Council.

  • Warwickshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1930
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Credit: [Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Warwickshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    9. EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR. Births : Total. Male. Female. Legitimate .5,713 2,870 2,843 , Birth Bate Illegitimate . 227 114 113 f 16-63 Still-births ... . 248 130 118 Bate per 1,000 total Births 417 Deaths .3,865 1,999 1,866 Death Bate 1082 Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, childbirth ... From Sepsis ... 10 Other causes ... 17 Maternal Mortality, per 1,000 Births Death-rate of Infants under one year of age per 1,000 Live Births :— Legitimate ... 46-7. Illegitimate ... 116-9. Deaths from Measles (all ages) ,, ,, Whooping Cough (all ages) ,, ,, Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) ... 4-5 Total 49. ... 30 ... 10 ... 19 10. BIRTHS.—It is gratifying to find the Birth-rate slightly higher than in the previous year, 16-63 as against 16-29. In the Urban Districts the highest rate was recorded at Bulk- ington 26-12, and the lowest at Sutton Coldfield, followed closely by Rugby, with rates respectively of 12-31 and 12-77. In the Rural Districts the highest Birth-rate, 31-31, was re¬ corded at Nuneaton Rural, and the lowest at Brailes, 13-39. 11. Notification of Births.—Since the 1st April, 1930, Notifications of Births have been made direct to me as County Medical Officer of Health, under the Notification of Births (Transfer) Order, 1930, instead of to the District Medical Officers of Health as in the past. The procedure adopted for ascertaining and investigating un-notified births has worked well, the majority of the delinquents being Medical Practitioners resident either in the City of Coventry or in the City of Birmingham, whose practice extends into the County and who have not appreciated their responsibility in this matter or have not been familiar with County procedure. I am hopeful, however, that there will be few such delinquents in future, since each one has been communicated with and a supply of notification cards sent for future use in respect of County births. 12. During the year 1930 there were 222 births un-notified in the Maternity and Child Welfare County, which means that 95 per cent, of the births were notified as compared with 91 per cent, in the previous year. It is of interest to note that of these 222 un-notified births, only 59 occurred during the nine months from April 1st to December 31st, 1930. 13. DEATHS.—Of the 3,865 deaths registered, 1,930 occurred in the Urban Districts and 1,935 in the Rural Districts. 14. Heart Disease proved to be the most common cause of death, 698 deaths having been recorded from this condition. 15. Cancer and Malignant Disease followed closely with 513 deaths as against 467 in the previous year. 16. Influenza accounted only for 44 deaths as against 274 deaths in 1929. 17. Infant Mortality.—Only 296 deaths were recorded of infants under one year of age as compared with 352 in the previous year. The Infant Mortality of 49 per 1,000 births is the lowest rate ever recorded in the County, the next lowest being 54 recorded in the year 1926. The rate during 1930 for the whole of England and Wales was 60 per 1,000 births as against 70 in the previous year. The figure 49 recorded in Warwickshire is therefore most creditable, particularly when it is noted that the total number of births has increased as compared with 1929.