[Report 1971] / Medical Officer of Health, Oxford City.

  • Oxford (England). City Council. no2012034102.
Date:
1971
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Credit: [Report 1971] / Medical Officer of Health, Oxford City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (a) Registered Births Total live births:— Male.2,399 Female ... ... ... 2,353 4,752 (Illegitimate ... ... ... 349) Resident Non-resident Live births Still¬ births Live births Still¬ births Born in Nuffield Maternity Home 498 9 1,943 26 Born in Churchill Hospital Born in General Practitioner 428 10 1,237 14 Maternity Unit 330 — 236 — Born in private houses 79 1 1 — 1,335 20 3,417 40 (b) Notified Births Resident Non-resident Live Still- Live Still- births births births births 1,362 20 3,401 40 CLASSIFICATION OF THE CAUSES OF DEATH The table gives a short analysis of the causes of death and the ages at which they occurred. Of the total of 1,150 deaths (1,148 in 1970) 555 were male and 595 female. Two deaths were directly attributable to tuberculosis of the respiratory system, one of which was a man aged 50 and the other a woman aged 38. Late effects of respiratory tuberculosis also accounted for two deaths, one in a man aged 72 and the other a woman aged 59 years.