[Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Middleton Borough.

Middleton (England). Borough Council.

Date:: 1945

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Credit: [Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Middleton Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS. GENERAL STATISTICS. TABLE I. Area of the Borough (acres) . 5,170 Population at Census, 1931 ... . 29,188 Registrar-General’s estimated resident population (mid- year 1945) . 28,290 Number of Persons per acre . . . 547 Number of Inhabited Houses • . . . 10,250 Rateable Value at 1st April, 1945 . . . . £164,723 Sum represented by a Penny Rate ... . £668 VITAL STATISTICS. TABLE II. Total M. Live Births :— F. Legitimate ... 421 214 207 Birth-rate per 1,000 Illegitimate ... 23 10 13 estimated population -- mid-1945. 15.6 Total ... 444 224 220 Still-Births ... 17 7 10 Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 36 Deaths . 381 190 191 Death-rate per 1,000 estimated population ... 13.4 Deaths from puerperal causes :— Death-rate per 1,000 Deaths total (live and still) births Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis Nil. Nil. Other maternal causes Nil. Nil. Total maternal mortality ... Nil. Nil. Total maternal mortality ...