[Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Tipton Borough.

  • Tipton (England : Parish). Borough Council.
Date:
1947
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Credit: [Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Tipton Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SECTION I.—STATISTICS Area (in acres) Population (1931 census) ... Population 1947—Registrar General’s estimate Population—Actual Mid-1947 No. of inhabited houses, 31st December, 1947 2167 35814 38180 38230 9598 Rateable Value (31st March, 1947) • • • • • • • • • £156702 Sum represented by a penny rate • • • • • • • • • £617 BIRTHS AND DEATHS Live Births Male Female Total Legitimate 442 397 839 Illegitimate . 11 15 26 Total 453 412 865 The Birth Rate per 1000 of the estimated population for 1947 is 22.65. The rate for 1946 was 21.57, and the provisional rate for England and Wales for 1947 is 20.5. The rate is the highest since 1943, when a rate of 23 was attained. The following table gives the birth rates since 1940. Live Births (Table 1) Year 1947 1946 1945 1944 1943 1942 1941 1940 Legitimate ... 839 790 722 798 796 746 684 763 Illegitimate ... 26 18 23 27 23 10 13 8 Birth Rate per 1000 est. res. pop. 22.65 21.57 20.72 22.88 23.00 21.22 19.64 21.99 Stillbirths Male Female Total 10 10 20 Stillbirth rate per 1000 live and stillbirths . 22.59 The stillbirth rate per 1000 estimated population for 1947 is 0.52, the provisional figure for England and Wales being 0.50. Stillbirths (Table 2) Year 1947 1946 1945 1944 1943 1942 1941 1940 No. of stillbirths 20 25 20 15 27 27 14 23 Stillbirth rate per 1000 live & stillbirths 22.59 30.01 26.14 17.86 «* IfiAUNmaOMBBl M 23.97 -fK'xm.acx. 21.97 •sex* jut a 19.83 28.84