[Report 1969] / Medical Officer of Health, Bury County Borough.

  • Bury (Greater Manchester, England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1969
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Credit: [Report 1969] / Medical Officer of Health, Bury County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Neo-nata] Mortality Rate (per 1,000 total live births) Early ,, ,, ,, (per 1,000 total live births) Perinatal Mortality Rate fsti11-births and deaths under I week combined per I,000 total live and still-births Maternal Mortality (including abortion) Number of Deaths Rate per 1,000 total live and still-births 19.57 17.37 29.85 Nil Nil ENGLAND AND WALES Birth-rate (per 1,000 civilian population) 16.3 Death-rate (per |,000 civilian population) 11.9 Infantile Mortality (Deaths under one year per 1,000 live births)18.0 Births The birth rate in Bury for 1969 was 19.72 per thousand, which is an increase of 0.17 per thousand on the previous year’s figure. This rising trend is in marked contrast to England and Wales as a whole, where the birth rate dropped from 16.9 to 16.3. Illegitimate live births showed a considerable reduction from 9.91 per cent of total live births in 1968 to 8.01 per cent of total live births in 1969. There were actually 108 illegitimate live births in 1969 compared with 128 the year before. It is possible to ascribe this to greater use of contraception by the unmarried, but the increased ease of obtaining an abortion resulting from recent legalisation, probably plays a greater part. Deaths The Bury death-rate per 1,000 of population for 1969 was 12.6^•. There were altogether a total of 1,227 deaths registered in the County Borough. Of these deaths, were of persons not usually resident in the Borough. By excluding these deaths of non-residents, the number of deaths is reduced to 733, to which must be added 115 deaths of Bury residents which have occurred In other districts. The number of deaths belonging to the County Borough is thus 848.