[Report 1972] / Medical Officer of Health, Axbridge R.D.C.

  • Axbridge (Somerset, England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1972
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Credit: [Report 1972] / Medical Officer of Health, Axbridge R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    DEATHS Female Total. 211 459 (per 1 ,000 population) = 11 .5 (comparability factor 0.87) = 10.0 VITAL STATISTICS BjljTHS The Registrar General gives the corrected number of live births in the District as 56l (31 2 boys and 249 girls), this being 20 births less than in 1971 • Of' these births 39 were illegitimate, i.e. 7% of the total. The corresponding percentage for England and Wales was 9%• The uncorrected birth rate for 1972 was 14«1 and when the comparability factor (l .14) is applied, the corrected birth rate was l6.1 per 1,000 of the total population compared with 14.8 in 1 972. The birth rate for England and Wales in 1972 was 14.8. Male 248 UNCORRECTED DEATH RATE: C0Rp]CTM)_ DEAIH RATE: BgffiMES Year England & Wales Axbridge Rural District STILL BIRTHS The registered number of still births in 1972 ms 10 of which none we re illegitimate, thus giving a still birth rate of 1 8 per 1 ,000 total births. DEATHS - ALL AGES After correction for transferable deaths the net total assigned to the District by the Registrar General was 459 ( 248 males and 211 females). This is 1 more than in 1 971 and gives an uncorrected death rate of 11 .5 • When adjusted for age and sex distribution to make it comparable with other districts, the death rate was 10*0 per 1 ,000 of total population compared v/ith 1 2.1 for England and Wales as a whole. MATERNAL MORTALITY There were no deaths from maternal causes in 1972. 1962 1J6^ ujgt £265 1966 1967 1J68 19& 1R£0 £20. IJZi 18.0 18.2 18.4 18.1 17.7 17.2 16.9 16.3 16.O 16.O 14.8 18.8 18.1 19.0 19.9 18.5 18.8 16.9 16.3 16.3 16.7 16.1 BgANT MORTALITY Three children (l boy and 2 girls) under the age of one year, died in 1972. This gives an Infant Mortality Rate of 5 per 1 ,000 live births, compared v/ith 17 for England and Wales as a whole^ of these three deaths two were due to congenital anomalies and one was due to pneumonia.