[Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Bilston Borough.

  • Bilston (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1939
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Credit: [Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Bilston Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    B -2JL2 ILG_2—? -- ANNUAL INTERIM REPORT FOR THE YEAR 0 1959. In view of the need for strict economy this Report has been reduced to a minimum but arrangements have been made for the provision of all records so that a full report can be given for each year at the termination of the war. The following are brief statistics for the year:- STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OP THE AREA: Are a. . . « « . . ... . « . Populations: 1931 Census... Estimated Population for Year. Estimated Number of Inhabited Houses for the year, 1939-..• Rateable Value: ... ... EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS: Live Births. Total: (Legitimate) 583 (Illegitimate) 21 Still Births. 19 Deaths. Total. 361 1,871 acres. • • • f • ... 31,248 • • • • • ... 31,460 • • • ♦ • 7,709 • • • • • ...£127,919 M. F. 298 285 Birth Rate per 1,000 of the estimated 10 11 resident population. 18.5 9 10 Rate per 1,000 total (Live & Stillbirths) 19.8 M. F. 198 153 Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population. 11.4 The Areal Comparability Factor (A.C.F.) is 1.22 The Corrected Death Rate is 11.4 x 1.22 = 14.9 Deaths from Puerperal Causes:-- (Headings 29 & 30 ) of the Registrar General’s short list. Rate per 1,000 total Deaths. (live & Still) Births. Puerperal Sepsis. Other Puerperal Causes. 2 3*0 2 3-0 Death Rate of Infants under one year of age:- All Infants per 1,000 live births 64.2 Legitimate Infants per 1,000 legitimate live births. ... 65.2 Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 Illegitimate live births... 95 Deaths from Cancer, (all ages) ... 45 Measles, (all ages) ... 1 Whooping Cough, (all ages) Diarrhoea, (under 2 years of age) 4 2