[Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Berwick-upon-Tweed Borough.

Berwick-upon-Tweed (England). Borough Council.

Date:: 1955

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Credit: [Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Berwick-upon-Tweed Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Sections A. and F. STATISTICS AND GENERAL CONDITIONS General Statistics Area—7.126 acres. Population—1951 census, 12,550 (1931 census, 12,299). R.G. est. mid-year, 1955—12,630. Number of Inhabited Houses—4,169. Rateable Value^—£86,452 (as at 31st March, 1955). Sum represented by Id. rate—^£340 .as at 31st March, 1955). VITAL STATISTICS Extracts from Vital Statistics BIRTHS. Males Females Total Rate Legitimate .. 104 125 229 Illegitimate .. 9 12 21 (Reg.-Gen.) Totals 113 137 250 20.18 DEATHS. Males Females Total Rat^ (Registrar-General) 95 103 198 14.1 Number of Women dying in consequence of Child-birth—^Nil. Do. from Sepsis Nil. Do. from other causes Nil. Deaths of Infants under 1 year— Male Illegitimate — Legitimate 6 Deaths from Measles (all ages — Do. Whooping Cough — Do. Diphtheria ... — Do. Diarrhoea ... — Do. Scarlet Fever ... — Do. Tuberculosis (Pul.) — Do, do. (non-Pul.) — Female Total Per 1,000 3 9 36.00