[Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Cheltenham (Union) R.D.C.

  • Cheltenham (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1939
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Credit: [Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Cheltenham (Union) R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    return rnado by the Local Registrar) then they appear to require investigation and point to sor.io unlesirablc influence at v/ork in the district. LlklTHS . i . Total. I , 1—i oi CO; : Femalesoi i Deaths. 267 | I 1 j 126 141 I 1 Dcath ’Ratc per 1,000 of the 'esTrmat^^^^ r'csidcnt population is equal to 17«^C6. .1 C omparab i 1 i ty Fa c to r: C<> 7 9 . Corrected Death Hate {17.06 x 0.79) :-r. 13.47. DEi.THS FROM PULRPBRi'a CAUSLS . There vjore no deaths from Puerperal Sepsis or other Puerperal Causes. DEATH PulTR OF IHFidTTS UlIDER ONI] YSiiR OF AGE. ! All infants per 1,000 live births 26. Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 22o72. Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 111.0. Deaths from Cancer (all ages). 29. lie a s le s (all ages) 0 . '• Y/hooping Cough (all ages) 0. ” ” Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) .0. POPUL/iTIQN. The Registrar General's estimate of the population for the *’ ■ Rural District is (a) 15,140-. (b) 15,650. . The comparability factor being 0.79. BIRTH FulTG. There yjqtq 229 live births compared v/ith 242 in 1938,, giving a Birth Rate of 15.06 per 1,000 of the. estimated population. DEATH Ri.TI]. The total number of deaths of persons crdinari.ly resid.ent in the area'was 267. This v/ould give, a Death Rate of 17.06, for purposes of comparision with the other parts of the county this rate should be multiplied by 0o79 which v/ould give the corrected rate of 13.47. IHFIATT lIOHTiiLITY. Out of the 229 children born only 6 d-ir^d belu^., rCcuching the age of one year, of these deaths only enr -^as an illegitimate child. The infant mortality rate Y/as 26. per 1,000 births’, a remarkably lov/ rate. jj^'^TURM^g. IIORTALIiy There were no deaths from p-mip'-ircal sepsis or other peurperal diseases during the year. -2-