[Report 1935] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, Rochdale County Borough.

  • Rochdale (Lancashire, England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1935
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Credit: [Report 1935] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, Rochdale County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    VITAL STATISTICS. Area and Population of the Borough. The borough is 9,553 acres in area, and, according to the estimate of the Registrar General, there is a resident population of 94,100. The population of the borough (excluding the newly-added districts of Xorden and Bamford) at the Census in April, 1931, was 90,278. Births. The number of live births registered last year as belonging to Rochdale was 1,094 (males 555, females 539), a decrease of 76 compared with the number in the previous year, and slightly below the average for the previous ten years. Illegitimate births numbered 56, or 5.1 per cent, of the total live births, as compared with 6.2 per cent, the previous year. Still Births. 76 were registered, as against 68 in the year 1934. The Live Birth-rate was equal to 11.6 per 1,000 of the estimated popula¬ tion, as compared with 12.4 the previous year, and an average of 13.5 for the decennial period 192.5-34. With the exception of the year 1933 (11.4 per 1,000) the birth-rate during the past year was the lowest on record for Rochdale. The corresponding rate for 121 County Boroughs and Great Towns was 14.8 and for England and Wales 14.7 per 1,000 of population. Deaths. There were 1,311 persons whose death w-as registered and assigned to this borough during 1935 (males (542, females 669), as against 1,376 the previous year, and 1,371 in the year 1933. Comparative figures as to age groups of persons dying in 1935 and 1934 are given below :— Year Total Under 1-5 5-15 15-25 25-65 65 years deaths 1 yr. yrs. yrs. yrs. yrs. and over 1935 1,311 .. . 93 ... 18 ... 27 ... 29 ... 511 ... 633 1934 1,376 .. . 91 ... 43 ... 21 ... 32 ... 567 ... 622 The Death-rate from all causes was 13.9 per 1,000 of the estimated popula¬ tion, as against 14.6 per 1,000 in the previous year, and 14.8 the average for the decennium 1925-34.