[Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Hastings County Borough.

  • Hastings (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1955
Catalogue details

Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Credit: [Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Hastings County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    11/94 (page 9)
    SECTION I GENERAL AND VITAL STATISTICS (a) Summary: 7,770 acres 65.506 64,770 21,708 £787.163 £3,165 Total: 722 Birth Rate (per 1,000 of the estimated population (crude) .. . . . . xi.l (corrected, factor of correction 1.17) .. 12.9 Still births .. .. .. .. .. 21 Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births . . 28.2 Number of infant deaths (under 1 year) .. .. 16 Infant Mortality Rate (per 1,000 live births) .. 22.1 Legitimate (per 1,000 legitimate births) .. 20.4 Illegitimate (per 1,000 illegitimate births) .. 54.0 Deaths, 1955 .. .. .. .. .. 1,118 Death rate per 1,000 resident population: (a) crude .. .. .. .. .. 17.2 * (b) corrected .. .. .. .. 10.4 * Factor of correction .. .. .. 0.61 Death rate (puerperal causes) (per 1,000 live and still births): Puerperal sepsis .. .. .. Nil Other maternal causes .. . . 1.34 Death rate (tuberculosis) (per 1,000 population) . . 0.24 Death rate (cancer) (per 1,000 population) .. 2.92 Total hours sunshine, 1955 .. .. .. 1835.9 Total inches rainfall, 1955 .. .. .. 30.00 (b) Vital Statistics: Population: Census, 1951 .. .. .. 65,506 Estimated mid-year population, 1955 .. 64,770 Estimated mid-year population, 1954 .. 64,800 The Registrar-General’s estimate of the mid-year population shows a decrease of 30 on the previous year and the present figure stands 1,710 below the highest Hastings population figure recorded, 66,480 in 1939- The current trend is illustrated by the following figures, all mid- year estimates used by the Registrar-General for statistical purposes:— 1947 • . 62,740 1951 • • 65,090 1948 . • 65,360 1952 . . 64,800 1949 . . 65,000 1953 • • 64,510 1950 . . 65,690 1954 • . 64,800 1955 • - 64,770 Area of Borough Population—Census, 1951 ,, —Registrar-General’s estimate of resident population for the purpose of Vital Sta- tistics mid-1955 Number of inhabited houses (end of 1955) Rateable Value .. ,. Sum represented by id. rate Live Births, 1955, Legitimate . . . . 685 Illegitimate .. .. 37