[Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Pickering R.D.C.

  • Pickering (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1956
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Credit: [Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Pickering R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    DISTRICT MEDIG.iL OFI-IOHR OR FEaLTJI HEALTH I. SECTOR. Helnsley Rural .R.H. Couper, 1 Health Office, Train Lane, Pickering. l.B., Gh.B., D.P.II, i.W.Stoney, 1 .R.S.IL 1- ox x • ir • 11»I * C.H. Carr, .A.f.E.I. C . it • S # J. • Kirkbynoc.r sid e Rural - do - 1 «W. stoney ^ i. 0 ,.i 0 5 3 H« P r T if * lx • X 0 • J. 1 Gc Stephenson, J.x • j. b « O » j.x 0 p ii# x’l 0 -L «H » Halton Rural - clc - W.ii0 ig leg worth, 1 - •X i. a I XX 0 , ’ - 0 j. t » S • _L • , Malton Urban - do - J • Ij 3 J. Oilg , G • it 0 3 • J. » Pickering Rural - do - P.Pickering, R.R.S.I if mil 0 _L 0-Lx m Pickering Urban -do - G. Batty, C.R.S.I. STATISTICS G.o ERaL C.OI DITTO! S OR THE R , . jUpiiiAi The Ryedale _*rea, which is referred to in the text of this report comprises the ura.l Districts of Eel sloy, Kirkbynocrsida, Holton and Pickering and the Urban Districts of Maiton and Pickering. This area is mainly agricultural in nature, more heavily mogul, .ted in the areas near the townships of Hel isley, Kirkby aoor sic! c, halt on ■.aid Pickering and thinly populated in the dales and moorland districts in the northern P-.rt of the area. 3OxUL-TIOE. The Registrar General's estimate of the mid-year pr rotation 1956 is 29,320 <• the I igures for 1954 and 19 5 were 29,220 and 29,250 respectively. VITAL STATISTICS. LIVE BI.EES BliiTU RATES. The number cf live births during 1956 was 391, an increase cf IS over the previous year* The adjusted live birth rate w s 15-7 per 1000 population which was the erne as toe Birth .-.ate for England and .a les. ILL. TIRRCX. The number of illegitii ate births re i tered in the Rye-dale Are 1 during the year was 11. The corresponding figures for 19 V; md 19 .5 wcr*-. 12 and Id. STILLDLahIS. The number of stillbirths registered in 19'>6 was 9 compared with 12 in 1954 and 6 in 1952. The stillbirth rate, i.e. the stillbirths )er 10Cr total1 births . 22.5. The Stillbirth Rate for England and Vales was 23. DRnTES <k PERTH RATES. The adjusted death 3- te, i.e. the 3eaths per 1000 populatior for the Ryednle Area • g-- 10.9, while tl - Je th rate f r En land il( was 11.7. IRFaET HORTaLITI iii-D hEOid.TxiL ..0 T11LITI. Durin t € y< r t ere were 3 deaths of inf nts under 1 year, all f the were neon t 1 deaths, (i.e. deaths under 1 onth). inf . 3 : fcality b (i.e.tl e nu ber of deaths under one ye r per 1000 live births), s 7.7. Tl e :: te for Engl : 3 d 1< s n a 23.' *er 1000 If > birtl a. ... i;o:.cT..LXTf. There were n< laternal deaths duri] the year. £,.i.' Q3r.,X C..U3Rn Cancer was r< sponsibl i 2 63 de ths, . r be f 2.14 >er 1000 of t e ■ pul tion. 199 ersons died f lise 3es of bl rt and circulation - a . 7.01 per 1000 opulation. Deaths froi Respiratory Disease excluding si ount< :! tc 24 - r h of 0. 5 3 1000 . ilation. There were 2 d« bhs from tuberculosis during the year. EaTURaL IKCxJl.SE. Durinf the r 391 births wore registered in the Ayedale :v md 339 deaths. The a tur 1 ij cr (i e. tht xc< s ( L re births over dent ), was 52.
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