[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Bilston Borough.

  • Bilston (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1937
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Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Bilston Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    being .3 lower than last year and 4.3 greater than for England and Wales. The still births, 28, gives a birth rate of 0.9 per 1,000 of the population, and the illegitimate births, 12, a rate of 0.4 per 1,000 of the population. Details of the births in each ward are given in Table I and particulars for the last five years in Table II. TABLE I. Males. Females. Total. Town Hall 78 75 153 High Town 36 21 57 New Town 76 86 162 Ettingshall 36 42 78 Bradley 67 54 121 Out of District 16 15 31 Total 309 293 602 TABLE II. Males. Females. Total. Birth Rate per 1,000. 1937 309 293 602 19.2 1936 329 288 617 19.5 1935 296 298 594 18.72 1934 325 305 630 19.96 1933 299 279 578 18.5 Deaths. The total number of deaths for the year was 391, 206 males and 185 females. Of these 147, 83 males and 64 females, occurred outside the area. The deaths are 65 more than last year. The crude death rate for the year is 12.5 per thousand of the population, but with the comparability factor (1.22) supplied by the Registrar General, the corrected death rate is 15.0 per thousand of the population. The death rate is 2.4 more than last year and 2.6 greater than that for England and Wales. The death rate for England and Wales for 1937 is 12.4 per 1,000.