[Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Kidderminster Borough.

  • Kidderminster (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1943
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Credit: [Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Kidderminster Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR, 1943. Total Births (Live and Still) ... ... ... ... 703 Birth Rate ... ... ... ... ... ... 19.80 Birth Rate (England and Wales) (Live and Still) ... 17.01 Total Live Births ... • • • • • • Birth Rate (Live) • • • • • • Live Births : Male Legitimate 620 310 Illegitimate 61 31 Still Births : Legitimate Illegitimate Males 6 681 19.18 Female 310 30 Total ... 22 Females 15 Female 1 Deaths 430 Death Rate ... 12.11 Death Rate (England and Wales) 1943 ... 12.10 Percentage of total deaths occurring in public institutions 37 Number of women dying in, or in from sepsis Nil consequence of childbirth from other causes 1 Maternal Mortality Rate (per 1,000 Total Births) 1.42 ,, ,, ,, (England and Wales) 2.29 Deaths of Infants under one year of age :— Legitimate 22. Illegitimate 6 Total 28 Deaths of Infants under one year, per 1,000 births 41.11 ,, ,, ,, ,, (England and Wales, 1943) 49.00 Death Rate of legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 35.48 Death Rate of illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitmate live births 98.36 Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 70 ,, ,, Measles (all ages) Nil ,, ,, Whooping cough (all ages) 1 ,, ,, Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 3 The ages at which deaths have taken place during 1943 are as follows: Under i year 28 Between 1 and 2 years ] Between 2 and 5 years 3 Between 5 and 15 years 3 Between 15 and 25 years 10 Between 25 and 45 years 34 Between 45 and 65 years 107 65 years and upwards 244 430 The following table shows the ages at which the deaths of Infants under 1 year of age occurred :—- ! Under J 1 Week 1—2 weeks 2—3 weeks 3—4 weeks i Total under , 1 month 1—3 months 3—6 | months 6—9 months 9—12 months Total Deaths under 1 year 15 — 1 2 18 6 3 1 — 28 The causes of infant deaths were as follows :— Prematurity 8 Pneumonia 4 Congenital heart disease 2 Intracranial Haemorrhage 1 Asphyxia 1 Spina Bifida 1 Patent Ductus Arteriosus 2 Abscess of Lung 1 Atelectasis 1 Gastro Enteritis 3 Infarction—-Small Intestine 1 Marasmus 3