[Report 1972] / Medical Officer of Health, Epsom & Ewell Borough.

  • Epsom and Ewell (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1972
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Credit: [Report 1972] / Medical Officer of Health, Epsom & Ewell Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Neonatal Mortality Number of deaths of infants under 4 weeks of age: Males Females Total Legitimate ... 2 (5) 4 (1) 6 (6) Illegitimate ... — (1) - (-) — (1) 2 (6) 4 (1) 6 (7) Neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births ... Early Neonatal Mortality Number of deaths of infants under 1 week of age: Males Females Total Legitimate ... — (4) 4 (1) 4 (5) Illegitimate ... — (1) - (-) — (1) - (5) 4 (1) 4 (6) Early neonatal motality rate per 1,000 live births Perinatal Mortality Stillbirths and deaths under 1 week per 1,000 live and still births ... ... ... ... ... ... 17.0 Maternal Mortality Maternal deaths (including abortions) — Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live and still births — The figures in brackets are for 1971. ♦Statistics not produced in 1937. 1971 1937 8.0 7.0 17.0 3 3.8 POPULATION The Registrar General’s estimate of population for 1972 was 72,170 and this figure has been used for statistical purposes in the preparation of this Report. The estimate is 50 higher than in the previous year. The number of deaths exceeded the number of live births by 273. This apparently high proportion of deaths is in part accounted for by the large number of elderly patients in the five mental hospitals in the Borough. The number of occupied beds in the mental hospitals was 5,846 compared with 6,222 in 1971. Births Live births totalled 827 representing a birth rate of 11.5 per 1,000 population. The Registrar General by providing a comparability factor (1.11 for Epsom), makes adjustments in respect of each area having regard to variations in age and sex distribution of population and the influence on the birth rate of the large institutions in this district. By applying the comparability factor to the crude birth rate the standardised birth rate of 12.8 is obtained compared with the figure of 14.8 for England and Wales in 1972. Deaths The number of deaths assigned by the Registrar General was 1,100 compared with 1,021 in 1971. Of this total 360 occurred in the local mental hospitals in patients whose stay exceeded six months. Where death occurred within six months of admission the death was assigned to the district from which the patients had come. The crude death rate was 15.2 per 1,000 total resident population. By applying the Registrar General’s comparability factor, 0.63, to the crude death rate a standardised death rate of 9.6 is obtained compared with the figure of 12.1 for England and Wales in 1972.