[Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Bridgwater Borough.

  • Bridgwater (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1949
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Credit: [Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Bridgwater Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1949 Area (acres) lj893 Population (Registrar GreneralTs estimate) . u.i. 22,‘360 Ho. of inhabited houses on 31st' Pec ember, 1949 5,866 Rateable value on 31st Pec ember, 1949 • £13 0,821 Sum represented by a Id* rate on 31st Pec ember, 1949 £ 526 Comparability Factor 0*97 Live Births Male Female Total :'> Legitimate 236 214 450 Illegitimate 11 6 • 17 « ■ • 247 220 467 « ■ • Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated population 20*89 Still Births », # .*• ••• ••• ••• • • • • • 11 Still birth rate per 1,000 total (live & still) births 23*01 Peath Rate ' - Total, number of deaths .... ... ..*295 Rate per 1, 000 of the estimated resident population 13*19 Pu erp oral .Pea t hs - • ,nl1 H * A ' Peaths Rate per 1,000 —:— BT&hi From Puerperal Sepsis 1 2*09 .From other maternal pauses - . : Infantile Mortality (Peaths of infants under one year of age) Legitimate • • • ... • • • • • • ••• •*• 14. ’ 111 egitimate ••• ••• ••• ••• • • • -* * 14 Rate of all infants per 1,000 live births 30*00 Rate for all legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births * 31*11* Rate for all illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births Other Peaths Peaths from Cancer (all ages) ••• 37 Peaths from Measles (all ages) 1 Peaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) ••• 1 Peaths from Piarrhoea (under 2 yours of age) p