[Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Wallsend Local Board of Health / Borough.

  • Wallsend (England). Local Board of Health.
Date:
1940
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Credit: [Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Wallsend Local Board of Health / Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS. Live Births— Legitimate Illegitimate Total. Male. Female. ...826 409 417 ... 37 20 17 Birth Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident popu¬ lation . 19.8 Still Births— Legitimate ... 44 19 Illegitimate ... 2 1 25 Rate per 1,000 total (live 1 and still births) . 50.6 Deaths ...579 337 242 Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident popu¬ lation . 13.3 Deaths from Puerperal Causes (Maternal Mortality)—- Death rate per 1,000 live and still births. Puerperal and Post Abortive Sepsis ... ... ... 1.1 Other Maternal Causes ... ... ... ... ... 1.1 Death Rate of Infants under one year of age (Infantile Mortality)— All Infants per 1,000 live births ... ... ... ... 52.1 Legitimate Infants per 1,000 legitimate live births ... 50.8 Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births ... 81.1 Number of Deaths from Cancer (all ages) ... ... ... 79 Number of Deaths from Measles (all ages) ... ... ... 1 Number of Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) ... 2 Number of Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 4 VITAL STATISTICS. Population.—The population of the Borough at the 1931 census was 44,587. For 1940 the Registrar General has fixed the Resident Population of Wallsend as 43,540. Comparability Factor : 1.18. For yearly records of population see Table I in Appendix table.