[Report 1935] / Medical Officer of Health, West Sussex County Council.

  • Raphael Lamar West
Date:
1935
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Credit: [Report 1935] / Medical Officer of Health, West Sussex County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    VITAL STATISTICS. Table I below gives the chief vital statistics of each Sanitary District, of the total Urban Districts, the total Rural Districts and Administrative County. TABLE I.—VITAL STATISTICS, 1935. Sanitary District. Estimated Population to middle of 1935 No. of Births Birth Rate Illegitimate Births No. of Deaths Death Rate Deaths under 1 year Infant Mor¬ tality rate per 1,000 births Pulmonary Tuberculosis Death Rate Cancer Death Rate Urban Districts:— Arundel (M.B.) .. 2500 36 14.40 2 23 9.20 1 ' 27 1.2 Bognor Regis 18440 226 12.25 17 224 12.14 9 39 0.65 1.5 Chichester (M.B.) 15770 223 14.14 8 193 12.23 11 49 0.38 2.0 Horsham . . 14300 213 14.89 6 204 14.26 3 14 0.35 2.2 Littlehampton 10810 143 13.22 10 131 12.13 10 63 0.18 1.6 Shoreham-bv-Sea 10070 144 14.30 10 98 9.73 3 27 0.29 1.4 Southwick 7780 104 13.36 — 88 11.32 4 38 0.77 1.0 Worthing (M.B.) 53930 597 11.06 'j n 33 744 13.79 25 40 0.61 2.3 Total Urban Districts 133600 1686 12.61 86 1705 12.76 66 39 0.50 2.0 Rural Districts— Chanctonbury 16470 255 15.48 10 215 13105 11 41 0.42 2.2 Chichester 31260 463 14.81 24 360 11.51 17 36 0.22 2.2 Horsham . . 22130 302 13.64 11 261 11.79 15 49 0.31 1.5 Midhurst . . 14420 205 14.21 6 183 12.69 13 63 0.48 1.6 Petworth . . 8270 107 12.93 9 99 11.97 2 18 0.36 0.9 Worthing . . 18550 294 15.84 13 213 11.48 18 61 0.53 1.7 Total Rural Districts 111100 1626 14.63 73 1331 11.98 76 46 0.34 1.8 Administrative County 244700 3312 13.53 159 3036 12.40 142 43 0.42 1.9 BIRTH RATE. The Birth Rate in the Rural Districts continues to be slightly higher than in the Urban Districts. BIRTH RATES: Urban Districts, 12.61. Rural Districts, 14.63. Administrative County, 13.53. TABLE II, showing number of Births and Birth Rates for years 1921-1935, for Urban and Rural Districts, Administrative County and England and Wales. Urban Districts— No. of Births Birth Rate Rural Districts— No. of Births Birth Rate Admin. County— No. of Births Birth Rate England & Wales— Birth Rate 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1514 16.8 1345 14.9 1257 13.8 1276 13.7 1313 13.9 1317 13.3 1359 13.2 1399 13.4 1386 12.7 1474 13.4 1522 13.7 1477 12.8 1464 11.9 1636 12.7 1686 12.61 1700 17.9 1612 16.8 1588 16.4 1533 15.6 1560 15.7 1615 15 6 1558 14.8 1548 14.5 1514 14.5 1491 14.2 1612 15.3 1548 14.1 1471 13.6 1558 14.3 1626 14.63 3214 17.3 2957 15.9 2845 15.1 2809 14.7 2873 14.8 2932 14.5 2917 14.1 2947 29002965 3134 14 013.6 13.814.5 1 1 i 3025 13.4 2935 12.7 3194 13.4 3312 13.53 22.4 20.6 19.7 18.8 18.3 17.816.7 16.7 16.3 16.3 15.3 15.3 14.4 14.8 14.7 /
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