[Report 1958] / Medical Officer of Health, Cheltenham Borough.

  • Cheltenham (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1958
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Credit: [Report 1958] / Medical Officer of Health, Cheltenham Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SUMMARY OF GENERAL AND VITAL STATISTICS, 1958 Area of Borough . r Census 1951, Corrected Figure \ Mid-year, 1958. Registrar General’s Estimate XT u f • u u-i j u r(a-) Houses and Flats Number of mhabited houses J ( tt , i ■ , (as at 31.3.59) i ' ' Shops, etc. Rateable Value (as at 31.3.58) Sum represented by a penny rate (1958-59) 5,146 acres 62,823 68,610 20,719 644 ;^1,157,578 £4,622 TABULAR STATEMENT OF THE MAIN VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1958 (with comparative Figures for England and Wales). M. F. Total Cheltenham England & Wales LIVE BIRTHS Legitimate 515 524 1039 Illegitimate 53 61 114 TOTALS ... 568 585 1153 Live Births rate per 1 000 populai ion 16.81 16.4 STILL BIRTHS • Legitimate 13 8 21 Illegitimate 1 1 2 TOTAL ... 14 9 23 Still-births rate per 100( ) live and st ill-births 19.56 21.6 TOTAL LIVE & STILL-BIRTHS 568 585 1153 14 9 23 TOTAL 582 594 1176 INFANT DEATHS. (Under 1 year of age) Legitimate 14 9 23 Illegitimate 1 — 1 TOTAL 15 9 24 Infant mortality rate Dcr 1000 live births—to tal 20.82 22.6 it n ,, —legitimatef 22.14 — ,, —illegitimate* 8.77 — Neo-natal ,, ,, ,, —first four weeks 14.74 (a) 16.2 ILLEGITIMATE LIVE BIRTHS—per cent of total live bir ;hs 53 61 114 9.87% — MATERNAL DEATHS (a) including abortion — — — — ] 0.43 (b) mortality rate 1 per 1000 live & I Still-births — — — — J DEATHS (All ages) 409 480 889 12.96 11.7 (a) Provisional figure. * Illeg. deaths under 1 year I Leg, deaths under 1 year illegit. live births, leg. live births. NOTE. The figures for births and deaths are corrected for inward and outward transfers in ord that the statistics may give as true a picture as possible of local conditions.