[Report 1958] / Medical Officer of Health, Oxfordshire County Council.

Oxfordshire (England). County Council. n 81006935.

Date:: 1958

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Credit: [Report 1958] / Medical Officer of Health, Oxfordshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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VITAL STATISTICS (a) GENERAL STATISTICS Area (acres) 470,392 Population (Estimated mid-1958) - Total: 194,000 Rateable Value for whole County:; £2,256,895 (1st April, 1959) Estimated product of pennyrate for the whole County (1958-59) £8,450 (b ) EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR M P Total Live births 1,812 1,690 3,502 Live Birth Rate (per 1,000 of the estimated population): 18.0 (National Average ~ 16.4) 18.9 Stillbirths 32 28 60 Stillbirth Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 16.8 (National Average - 21.6) M F Total Total Births (live and still): 1,844 1,718 3,562 Infant Deaths 32 29 61 Infant Mortality Rate per 1,000 live births: 17.4 (National Average - 22.5) Infant Mortality Rate per 1,000 live births - legitimate 17.8 1,000 - illegitimate 7.5 Neo-natal Mortality Rate (first four weeks), per 1,000 live births: 12.0 Illegitimate Births per cent of total live births: 3.8^!^ Maternal Deathl i_(,fncluding abortion) NIL Maternal Mortality Rate NIL DEATHS M P Total Total Deaths 1,009 900 1,909 Death Rate per 1,000 of estimated population 9.8 (National Average - 11.7) 10.1 Crude Corrected Crude Corrected