[Report 1923] / Medical Officer of Health, St Helens County Borough.

  • St. Helens (Merseyside, England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1923
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Credit: [Report 1923] / Medical Officer of Health, St Helens County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    II.—VITAL STATISTICS. EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR : M. F. Total. Births :—Legitimate ... • • • 1294 1245 2539 Illegitimate ... ... 42 34 76 7 otals ... 1336 1279 2615 Birth Rate ... 24 4 Deaths :—Total 1277 Death-rate (R.G.) ... 1 1 -9 1 Number of women dying in or in con- . from Sepsis ...1 sequence of child birth • 3J from other causes . 2 Deaths of infants under one year of age :- M. F. Total. Legitimate • • • 138 89 227 Illegitimate 5 7 12 Total 143 96 239 Infant Mortality • . . 91 -3 Deaths from Measles (all ages) • . • • • • « i > • • • • 0 ,, Whooping Cough (all ages) i • • • • 10 ,, Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) .. # • • • 19 ,, Tuberculosis ... ... ... ... ... 112 Zymotic Death Rate ... ... ... ... ... 0 39 Table 2 gives a summary of the vital statistics for St. Helens since 1873. POPULATION.—The procedure followed in adjusting the local census population of 1921 in order to arrive at an estimate of the resident population of St. Helens for that year, which could suitably be used in connection with statistics of births and deaths is described in the Annual Report for 1921.