[Report 1969] / Medical Officer of Health, Axbridge R.D.C.

  • Axbridge (Somerset, England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1969
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Credit: [Report 1969] / Medical Officer of Health, Axbridge R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    DEATHS Male 241 TJNCQRRECTED DEATH RATE: CORRECTED DEATH RATE; Female 227 Total 468 (per 1,000 population) - 1 2.4 (comparability Factor 0.97) = 12.0 VITAL STATISTICS BIRTHS The Registrar General gives the corrected number of live births in the District as 542 (283 boys and 259 girls), this being 2 births less than in 1968. Of these births 33 were illegitimate, i.e. 6% of the total. The corresponding percentage for England and Wales was 8fo. The uncorrected birth rate for 1 969 was 14.4 and when the comparability factor (lo13) is applied, the corrected birth rate was 16*3 per 1,000 of the total population compared with i 6.9 in 1968. The birth rate for England and Wales in 1969 was. 16,3* BIRTHRATES Year I960 isSl 1962 1965 1964 1265 1 966 12§Z 1969 England and Wales 17.1 17.4 18,0 18.2 18.4 18,1 17.7 17.2 16.9 l6o3 Axbri dge Rural District 18.0 15.2 I808 18.1 19.0 19.9 18.5 18.8 16.9 16.3 STILL BIRTHS The registered number of still births in 1969 was 5 of which one was illegitimate, thus giving a still birth rate of 9 per 1,000 total births. DEATHS After correction for transferable deaths the net total assigned to the District by the Registrar General was 468 (241 males and 227 females)» This is 10 less than in 1968 and gives an uncorrected death rate of 12.4* When adjusted for age and sex distribution to make it comparable with other districts, the death rate was 12„0 per 1,000 of total population ccupared with 11 o9 Tor England and Wales as a whole. MATERNAL MORTALITY There were no deaths from maternal causes in 1969* INFANT MORTAL ITT Eight children (2 boys and 6 girls) under the age of one year, died in 1969® This gives an Infant Mortality Rate of 15 per 1,000 live births, compared with 18 for England and Wales as a whole.