[Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Leicester Borough.

Leicester (England). Borough Council.

Date:: 1955

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Credit: [Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Leicester Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1955 Population (estimated), mid-1955 .. .. .. 286,300 Population at Census, 8th April, 1951 .. .. .. 285,061 Marriages .. .. .. .. .. 2,512 Births (corrected) .. .. .. .. .. 4,237 Birth-rate (standardised birth-rate = 14.7) .. .. 14.8 Deaths (corrected for transferable deaths) .. .. 3,422 Death-rate (standardised death-rate =12.2) .. .. 12.0 Deaths under One Year .. .. .. .. 99 Infant Mortality (per 1,000 Births) .. .. .. 23.4 Maternal Mortality (per 1,000 total births) .. .. 0.23 Zymotic death-rate (per 1,000 population) 0.15 Respiratory Disease death-rate (per 1,000 population) 1.32 Cancer death-rate (per 1,000 population) .. .. 1.89 Tuberculosis death-rate (per 1,000 population) .. .. 0.21 Phthisis death-rate (per 1,000 population) .. .. 0.20 Area of City (in acres) .. .. .. .. 16,990 Number of Inhabited Tenements, January, 1956 .. 88,613 Number of Empty Houses, January, 1956 .. .. 883 Rateable Value at 1st April, 1955 .. .. .. £2,293,471 General Rate for the year, 1955-56 .. .. • • 25/10 in £ England and Wales Birth-rate .. .. .. .. 15.0 Death-rate . . . . . . .. .. 11.7 Infant Mortality (per 1,000 Births) . . .. . . .. 24.9 (Registrar-General’s Figures)