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

  • Shrewsbury (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1951
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Credit: [Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Shrewsbury Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    GENERAL STATISTICS, 1951 Rateable Value of the Borough ... ... £333,315 Sum represented by a Penny Rate £1.300 Area of the Borough (excluding water) in acres ... 8,034 Population (Registrar General’s estimate, middle of 1951) 45,460 Persons per acre calculated on above population 5.6 Inhabited Houses (December, 31st, 1951) 12,705 Male Female (Legitimate 316 308 Live Births (Illegitimate 18 19 Total 661 BIRTH RATE per 1,000 estimated resident population 14.5 Stillbirths 18 Stillbirth Rate per 1,000 Total Births 26.5 Deaths 602 DEATH RATE per 1,000 population 13.2 Deaths from Puerperal Sepsis Nil ,, ,, Other Puerperal causes Nil MATERNAL MORTALITY per 1,000 Total Births (live and still) Nil INFANT MORTALITY RATE. ... ... 20 Legitimate Infant Mortality Rate per 1,000 legitimate live births 21 Illegitimate Infant Mortality Rate per 1,000 illegitimate live births Nil Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 77 ,, ,, Measles (all ages) Nil ,, ,, Whooping Cough (all ages) ... 2