[Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Blyth Borough.

  • Blyth (Northumberland, England). Borough Council.
Date:
1951
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Credit: [Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Blyth Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Statistics and Social Conditions of the Area Area.—No change. Acreage.—6,487. Population.—Registrar-General’s Estimate, 30th June, 1951—34,110. Rateable Value (1st April, 1951).—£177,379. Sum Represented by a Penny Rate (estimated).—£691. Extracts from Vital Statistics Comparability Factor—Birth 1.02 Deaths 1.15. 1951 1950 The imcorrected Birth Rate per 1,000 estimated Home population 19.7 18.8 The standardised Birth Rate per 1,000 estimated Home population 20.09 — The Crude Death Rate per 1,000 estimated Home population 13.28 11.8 The standardised Death Rate per 1,000 estimated Home population 15.27 — The Infant Mortality Rate per 1,000 Live Births 31.15 46.9 The Neo-Natal Mortality Rate (dying in 4 weeks per 1,000 Births 14.83 31.8 The Still Birth Rate per 1,000 Live and Still Births 17.4 27.9 Tuberculosis Death Rate per 1,000 popu- lation 0.65 0.48 Maternal Mortality Nil Nil 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 Number of Births (Live) ... 705 658 764 858 737 708 660 674 Number of Deaths 397 394 440 469 362 422 417 453 Number of Births in excess of Deaths 308 264 324 389 375 286 243 221 Infantile Deaths and Infantile Mortality Rates for Ten Year Period 1942—1951 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 Deaths 23 39 50 38 48 45 40 28 31 21 Infant Mortality Rate 42.6 64.5 70.9 57.7 62.8 52.4 54.2 39.5 46.9 31.15