[Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Rotherham County Borough.

  • Rotherham (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1951
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Credit: [Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Rotherham County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    13/88 (page 11)
    STATISTICS OF THE AREA GENERAL STATISTICS Area (in acres) . . . . . . . . . . . , . . , . . . ^ ^ 9255 Population (census) 1951 : . . . . . . . . . . , . , . _ _ _ 82,334 Population (estimated civilian) 1951 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81,670 Number of inhabited houses (1/4/1952) . . . . . . . . . . ' . . . . 23 246 Rateable value (1/4/1952) .. . . .. .. ., . . . , , . _ £469,115 Sum represented by a penny rate (1/4/1952) .. .. .. .. .. .. £1,875 VITAL STATISTICS In the following summary extracts from the vital statistics for the year are given :— Live Births : Total Male Female Legitimate • • 1381 718 663 — Illegitimate • • 57 34 23 — Stillbirths . • 48 23 25 — Deaths . . 973 584 389 — Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population .. .. 17.61 Rate per 1,000 (live and still) births 16.82 Crude death rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population .. 11.91 Adjusted death rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population (comparability figure—1.15) .. 13.70 Deaths from puerperal causes : Puerperal sepsis , . Other puerperal causes . . Rate per 1,000 total (live and Deaths still) births Total 1 Death rate of infants under one year of age : All infants per 1,000 live births .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 28 Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births . . . . . . .. .. 27 Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births . . . . . . .. .. 35 Deaths from measles (all ages) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . — Deaths from whooping cough (all ages) . . . . . . . . . . . . .. — Deaths from diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) .. . . .. .. .. .. 1