[Report 1918] / Medical Officer of Health, Kingston-upon-Hull County Borough.

  • Hull (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1918
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Credit: [Report 1918] / Medical Officer of Health, Kingston-upon-Hull County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SUMMARY OF STATISTICS 1918. 1917. Area of City Height above sea (ordnance 9359 acres. 9359 acies. datum) 12 feet. 12 feet. Population .. 246,357 246,357 Density 26‘2 persons 26'2 persons per acre. per acre. No. of Houses (estimated) 66,082 66,110 No. of persons per house .. 4-1 41 No. of Marriages 2,464 • 2,098 Marriage Rate 200 170 No. of Births.. 5,350 5,252 (2684 m., 2666 f.) (2590 m., 2662 f.) BIRTH RATE 19*5 19-1 Illegitimate Births 363 334 Do. Birth-rate 1-3 1-2 No. of Deaths 5.316 3,975 (2622 m., 2694 f.) (2078 m., 1897 f.) DEATH RATE .. 21-5 16*1 Infantile Mortality 669 deaths 634 deaths under 1 year, under 1 year, or 125 per or 120 per 1,000 births. 1,000 births. No. of Zymotic Deaths 487 326 Zymotic Death Rate P95 1-32 Diarrhoea Death Rate (all ages) 0-48 073 ,, ,, (under 2years) 0-30 0-61 Assessable Value £1,336,787 £1,333,738 Produce of Id. Borough Rate £5,162 £5,143 Note.—In accordance with the estimate of the Registrar General, the death rates are based on a population of 246,357 and the birth rate on a population of 274,618. The former is an estimate of the civilian population; the latter of the total population based on the assumption that the ratio between the total of the civilian population is the same in the city as in England and Wales as a whole. The deaths of all soldiers and sailors are excluded from these returns.