[Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Burnley R.D.C.

  • Burnley (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1946
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Credit: [Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Burnley R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (A) STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS. II. Area (in acres) 39841 Population - Census, 1931 17521 Estimated mid-year 1946 16290 Number of inhabited houses (Census 1931) 5027 Number of families or separate occupiers (Census 1931) ' 5047 Number of inhabited houses at the end of 1946 accord- ing to Rate Book 5954 Rateable value £120702 Sum represented by a Id. rate (estimated) £468 The chief occupations of the people are cotton weaving, coal mining and dairy farming. There was practically no unemploj^ment in the District during the year. Social conditions, on the whole, were fairly satisfactory. VITAL STATISTICS. BIRTHS. Male. Female. Total. Live Births :—Legitimate 118 117 235 Illegitimate 7 6 13 125 123 248 (Birth-rate per 1,000 estimated population mid-1946 - 15-2). Still Births :— Legitimate 3 3 6 Illegitimate _ _ _ (Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births - 23-0). DEATHS. Male. Female. Total. 116 120 236 (Death-rate per 1,000 of the population - 14-4). MATERNAL MORTALITY. Deaths Death-rate per 1,000 total (live & still) births. Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis — Nil. Other maternal causes 1 3-93 Total maternal mortality * 1 3-93