[Report 1965] / Medical Officer of Health, Leeds City.

  • Leeds (England). City Council.
Date:
1965
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Credit: [Report 1965] / Medical Officer of Health, Leeds City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Illegitimate Births.—Of the 9,240 nett births registered, 984 or io-6 per cent, were illegitimate as compared with 938 or 9-8 per cent, for the previous year and an average of 785 or 8-5 per cent, for the previous five years. Stillbirths.—The nett number of stillbirths registered during the year was 180, comprising 83 males and 97 females. The rate per thousand of the population was 0-35 as compared with 0-33 for the previous year. Expressed as a percentage of the total births (live and still) the rate was 1-9 as compared with 1-7 for the previous year. Of the 180 stillbirths registered, 17 or 9-4 per cent, were illegitimate. The ratio of registered still” to registered “live” births was 1 to 51, as compared with 1 to 57 in the previous year. DEATHS The gross number of deaths registered in the city was 6,641, giving a gross death-rate of 13-0 as compared with 12-3 for the previous year. The inward transferable deaths numbered 498 and the outward transferable deaths 964, which, after adjustment, leaves a nett total of 6,175 deaths debitable to the city. The corresponding death-rate was 12-1 as compared with 11-5 for the previous year and an average of 11-9 for the previous five years. The provisional death-rate for England and Wales was 11-5. Area Comparability Factor.—The Registrar General supplies an Area Comparability Factor (A.C.F.) and this, when multiplied by the crude death-rate, gives an adjusted death-rate which is compar¬ able with a similarly adjusted death-rate for any other area. An adjusted death-rate makes allowance for any difference in the popu¬ lation structure, by age and sex, from that of England and Wales as a whole. An A.C.F. is also supplied for the adjustment of the crude birth-rate. The A.C.F. (Deaths) for Leeds was 1-12 and this, when applied to the crude death-rate of 12-1, gave an adjusted death rate of 13-6.