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

  • Bebington (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1955
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Credit: [Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Bebington Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    VITAL STATISTICS Area in acres 12,244 Registrar General’s estimated population (mid 1955) 49,100 Inhabited houses at 31st December, 1955 14,989 Rateable Value at 31st December, 1955 £425,443 Yield of a Penny Rate (Estimate for 1955/56) £1,700 Live Births :— Legitimate Illegitimate Total Male Female 638 347 291 25 13 12 663 Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated population 13.5 Birth rate adjusted by comparability factor of 1.05 14.2 Birth rate per 1,000 population for England and Wales 15.0 Still Births :— Legitimate Illegitimate Total Male Female 18 6 12 Nil Rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths 26.4 For England and Wales 23.1 Deaths :— Total Male Female 513 278 235 Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated population 10.4 Death rate adjusted by comparability factor of 1.04 10.8 Death rate per 1,000 population for England and Wales I 1.7 The chief causes of death were as follows :— No. of Per cent deaths of total (o) Heart Disease 189 36.8 (b) Other Circulatory Diseases 17 3.3 (0 Cancer 89 17.3 (d) Vascular Lesions of nervous system 71 13.8 (e) Respiratory Diseases : Pneumonia 20 ] Bronchitis 35 56 10.9 Other 1