[Report 1933] / Medical Officer of Health, Eastbourne County Borough.

  • Eastbourne (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1933
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Credit: [Report 1933] / Medical Officer of Health, Eastbourne County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Notification of Births Act. Of the total births registered during 1933, all except 25 were at once notified to the Medical Officer of Health ; enquiries showed that the omissions were accidental in the cases not notified. Seven hundred and twenty-four births were notified during the year, 577 being notified by midwives and 147 by parents and doctors ; 17 still births were notified. DEATHS. There were 805 deaths registered in Eastbourne in 1933. Of these, 111 were deaths of non-residents. Eastbourne residents to the number of 47 died elsewhere during the year. Including the latter and excluding deaths of non-residents, the nett deaths were as follows :—Males, 321 ; females, 420 ; total, 741. The death-rate for 1933 was 13.27 per 1,000 on an estimated population of 56,550. The death-rates of previous years were : 1895-1904 1905-1914 1915-1918 (war years) 1919-1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 average 11.74 per 1000 average 10.58 per 1000 average 12.56 per 1000 average 10.97 per 1000 13.55 per 1000 11.3 per 1000 12.83 per 1000 12.00 per 1000 The total death-rate of England and Wales in 1933 was 12.3 per 1,000. As the population has become an older one with a small proportion of young persons, the death-rate has naturally increased. Sex Mortality. The 741 deaths of 1933 were divided as follows :— Deaths. Death-rate. Males .. .. 321 14.0 per 1,000 Females .. .. 420 12.3 per 1,000