[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Canterbury Borough / City & County.

  • Canterbury (England). City & County Council.
Date:
1937
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Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Canterbury Borough / City & County. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    General Statistics, 1937. Area (Acres), 3,976. Estimate of Resident Population (mid-year 1937), 25,530. Number of inhabited houses (1937) according to Rate Books, 7,098. Rateable Value, ^^231,927. Sum represented by penny rate, ;£9i6/i4/iif. Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year. Live Births— Total. M. F. Legitimate 354 189 165 Birth Rate 14.41 Illegitimate 14 9 5 Stillbirths 13 II 2 Rate per 1,000 total births, 35.2 Deaths 332 CO H 174 Death Rate, 12.73 Deaths from diseases and accidents of pregnancy and childbirth : From sepsis, nil. From other causes, nil. Deaths of Infants under one year of age : Legitim.ate, 10. Illegimate, i.—Total, ii. Death Rate of Infants under one year of age : All Infants under one year of age 29.8 Legitimate Infants per 1,000 legitimate live births ... 28.24 Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 71.42 Deaths from Measles (all ages) nil ,, Whooping Cough (all ages) i ,, Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) nil ,, Puerperal causes ... per r,ooo total births nil ,, Puerperal sepsis ni]