[Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Gloucestershire County Council.

Gloucestershire (England). County Council. n 50061360.

Date:: 1955

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Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Credit: [Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Gloucestershire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Live Birth Rate per 1,000 population .. .. .. .. .. .. 15.42 Still Births—158. Rate (per 1,000 total Births) .. .. .. .. .. 22.80 Deaths—5,143 Death Rate (per 1,000 population) .. .. .. .. .. 11.44 9 Deaths from Pregnancy, Childbirth and Abortion . . .. .. .. .. 2 Maternal Mortality Rate (Deaths per 1,000 total births) .. .. .. .. 0.28 Death Rate of Infants under one year of age:— All infants, per 1,000 live births .. .. .. .. .. .. 24.10 Legitimate infants, per 1,000 legitimate live births .. .. .. .. 23.88 Illegitimate infants, per 1,000 illegitimate live births .. .. .. .. 28.57 Death Rate of Infants under four weeks of age:— All infants, per 1,000 live births .. .. .. .. .. .. 17.89 Legitimate infants, per 1,000 legitimate live births .. .. .. .. 17.38 Illegitimate infants, per 1,000 illegitimate live births .. .. .. .. 28.57 Deaths from:— Cancer (all ages) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 835 Measles (all ages) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 Whooping Cough (all ages) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea (all ages) .. .. .. .. .. 15 1. Live Birth Rate The Birth Rate for the year 1955 was 15.42 per 1,000 of the population, as compared with 15.80 in 1954. The following table shows the comparative figures for the past five years:— 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 Urban 15.27 15.71 15.28 15.74 15.61 Rural 15.66 15.69 15.98 15.83 15.33 Administrative County 15.63 15.69 15.74 15.80 15.42 England and Wales 15.5 15.3 15.5 15.2 15.0 2. Death Rate The Death Rate for the year was 11.44 per 1,000 of population as compared with a rate of 11.22 last year.