[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Uxbridge UDC 1958].

  • Uxbridge (London, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
[1959]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Uxbridge UDC 1958]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Total area of Borough AREA 10,240 acres POPULATION The Registrar-General’s Estimate of Population for the mid¬ year 1958 is 63,120. No. of inhabited dwellings. 17,419 TOTAL BIRTHS Live Live Stillborn Stillborn Sex Legitimate Illegitimate Legitimate Illegitimate Total Males 536 31 10 2 579 Females ... 527 22 7 1 557 Totals 1,063 53 17 3 1,136 BIRTH RATE No. Birth Rate Basis LIVE BIRTHS 1,116 17-7 Crude Rate Per 1,000 Registrar- General’s estimated Resident Population 16-1 Corrected Rate STILL BIRTHS 20 17-6 Per 1,000 total (i.e. live and still) births These births occurred as under: Live Births Still Births At home ... . 382 2 In hospitals, nursing homes or other 18 maternity establishments . 734 1,116 20 The Birth Rates for England and Wales were: Live Births ... ... 16-4 Still Births ... ... 21-6 In calculating the Live Birth Rate the crude rate of 17-7 has been adjusted by the Registrar-General’s Area Comparability Factor of 0-91 to give a figure of 16T per thousand of the estimated popu¬ lation. This allows for age and sex distribution of the inhabitants of the district and enables a proper comparison to be made with other districts or the country as a whole.