[Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Colne Valley (Combined) U.D.C.

  • Colne Valley (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1949
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Credit: [Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Colne Valley (Combined) U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SUMMARY OF STATISTICS 1. General Statistics Area in Acres Registrar General’s Estimate of Population (middle of 1948) Registrar-General’s Estimate of Population (middle of 1949) ! Number of Inhabited Houses (March, 1950.) ... ' Rateable Value (31st March, 1950) ... 1 Sum represented by a Penny Rate (March, 1950) ' 2. Extracts from Vital Statistics 16,052 22,180 22,230 7.752 £124.646 £488 Live Births : Male Female Total Legitimate 166 158 324 Illegitimate 9 4 13 Total 175 162 337 Rate per 1,000 of estimated resident population : 15.16 Still Births : Male Female Total Legitimate 6 7 13 Illegitimate ... ,... ... — — Total 6 7 13 Rate per 1,000 of total (live and still) hjirths : 37-14 Deaths : Males 157, Females 160 ... ... ... ... 317 Crude Death Rate Per 1,000 of estimated resident population 14.26 Adjusted Death Rate per 1,000 of estimated resident population 13.12 Deaths from Puerperal Causes Nil Number of Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age : Male Female Total Legitimate 3 5 8 Illegitimate ... ••• . . . ' Total 3 h—' 5 8 Death Rate of Infants under 1 year of age ;— All Infants per 1,000 live births 23.74 Legitimate Infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 24.69 Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births Nil Death Rate per 1,000 population from : — Pulmonary Tuberculosis 0.36 All forms of Tuberculosis ;• ••• 0-49 Respiratory Diseases (excluding Pulmonary Tuberculosis) ... 1.30 Cancer ..s ••• Principal Zymotic Diseases (Smallpox, Enteric Fever, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Whooping Cough, and Diphtheria) 0.04 Deaths from Measles (all ages) Nil Deaths from Diarrhoea (children under 2 years of age) ... i Death Rate from Diarrhoea and Enteritis of children under 2 years of age per 1,000 births , 2.97