[Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Lowestoft Borough and Port.

  • Lowestoft (England). Borough & Port Council.
Date:
1949
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Credit: [Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Lowestoft Borough and Port. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR T otals Male Female Live Births Legitimate 677 360 317 Illegitimate 39 18 21 716 378 338 Birth Rate per 1,000 estimated resident population mid-1949 Stillbirths — Rate per 1,000 total (Jive and still) births Total Male Female 22 14 8 Deaths per 1,000 estimated average population Death Rate of Infants Under One Year of Age All infants per 1,000 live births Legimitate infants per 1,000 legitimate births Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate births Deaths from Puerperal Causes (Rates per 1,000 (live and still) births) Puerperal Sepsis Other Puerperal Causes Comparative Lowestoft Figures for England and Wales 16.6 16.7 29.8 23.1 11.1 11.7 29.3 32 29.5 — 25.6 — _ 22 1.4 .76 Comment on Vital Statistics The number of live births has shown a further fall this year, thus con¬ tinuing the downward trend referred to in last year’s report. The drop this year is quite considerable and brings the birth rate per 1,000 of the popula¬ tion to 16.6, which is very close to the comparative figure for England and Wales. There has been a rise in the stillbirth rate from 22.2 per 1,000 births last year to .29.8 this year. The comparative figure for England and Wales also shows a rise over last year’s figure. Similarly there has been both a local and national rise in the general death rate. The infant mortality rate of 29.3 per 1,000 live births, whilst being higher than last year, is below the figure for England and Wales. The actual figure for the total number of infant deaths was 18 — of these three died of broncho-pneumonia, four from prematurity, four from congenital defects and two from gastro-enteritis.