[Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Colwyn Bay Borough.

  • Colwyn Bay (Denbighshire, Wales). Borough Council.
Date:
1951
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Credit: [Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Colwyn Bay Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    VITAL STATISTICS. Area of Borough (acres) 7,124 Registrar General’s estimated population (mid 1951) 22,340 Number of inhabited houses 7,069 Rateable value £233,352 Sum represented by a penny rate £920 Live Births : Male Female Total Total .... 113 109 222 Legitimate 108 101 209 Illegitimate 5 8 13 Crude birth rate per 1,000 population = 9.9 Comparability factor for births = 1.09 ** Corrected birth rate. = 10.9 Still Births ... 2 2 4 Still birth rate per 1,000 population = 0.17 Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age Total 6 1 7 Legitimate 6 17 Illegitimate 0 0 0 Infant Mortality rate per 1,000 births = 31.0 Deaths of Infants under 4 weeks of age = 4 males Deaths 189 262 451 Crude Mortality rate per 1,000 population = 20.2. Comparability Factor = 0.69. ** Corrected Death Rate = 13.9 Deaths from : Puerperal Fever Cancer Measles 1 66 0 In 1950 the Registrar General estimated that the population had fallen by 760. In 1951, he reduced our numbers by a further 180. This continued fall is surprising. The Official Census figure will be available soon and should show how near to accuracy his calculations approach. In 1951 the number of deaths in the Borough exceeded the number of births by 229.