[Report 1929] / School Medical Officer of Health, Exeter.

  • Exeter (England). City Council.
Date:
1929
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Credit: [Report 1929] / School Medical Officer of Health, Exeter. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    BIRTH RATE. The population for the Birth Rate is 61,880. The total number of births registered in Exeter in the year 1929 was 1141, divided as follows :—550 males and 591 females. Of this number, 51 male and 67 female births were certified as illegitimate, being 10*3 per cent, of the total births. To the 1141 births must added 15 male and 12 female (4 of whom were illegitimate) and deducted 94 male and 97 female (57 of whom were illegitimate) transferable births, giving a net number of 977 (471 males and 506 females). The Birth Rate is the number of births per 1,000 of the population The Birth Rate for 1929 was, therefore, 15*7, being ‘3 above that of last year, *6 below that of England and Wales, and *9 below that of the 107 Great Towns in Avhich Exeter is classed. The following table gives the Birth Rate and percentage of illegitimate births to total births for the past 10 years :— Year. 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 England and Wales 25 4 22-4 20-6 19-7 18-8 18-3 17 8 16-7 16-7 16-3 Exeter 22 46 18-89 17 00 16-94 16-79 16-29 16-49 15-5 15-4 15-7 Percentage of Illegitimate Births to total births 8-6 8-3 7 05 9 03 91 7-9 8-6 8-4 5-8 6-6 DEATH RATE. The population for Death Rate is 61,290. The total number of deaths registered as occurring during the year 1929 was 863, divided as follows :—420 males and 443 females.