[Report 1933] / Medical Officer of Health, Blackpool County Borough.
- Blackpool (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1933
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1933] / Medical Officer of Health, Blackpool County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS Total. M. F. Births : Legitimate . . 960 523 437 Illegitimate 78 39 39 Birth Rate 9 -97 per 1,000 Stillbirths 53 28 25 Do. Rate per 1,000 Total (Live and Stillbirths). , 51 Deaths . . . . . . . 1,542 Death Rate .. . . 14 -8 pel 1,000 Number of womeu d}. ing in or in consequence of child l)irtl 1 (a) From Sepsis .. (b) From other causes 2 3 Infant Mortality per 1,000 births . . . . . . . . 67-4 Deaths from Measles (all ages) . . .. . . .. 3 Do. M’hooping Cough (all ages) .. .. . . 5 Do. Diarrhoea (under 2 years) .. . . .. 3 (a) Births.—During the year 1,038 births were registered, including 4 in the Fylde Institution. These, divided into sexes for the four quarters of the year are as follows :— ist (]tr. 2nd qtr. 3rd qtr. 4th qtr. Total. Males .. 139 157 147 119 562 Females 121 121 ! 128 106 “rTv) Total . . 260 278 275 225 1.038 The birth-rate was 0-97 per 1,000 of the population, and this is the lowest yet recorded in Blackpool. I have in many pre\dous reports commented upon our low birth-rate. It is low in comparison with the country as a whole (14-4) and also in comparison with many industrial towns (c.g., Liverpool B), Wigan 16) but appears to be on a par with some similar non-industrial towns (e.g. Southport 9-74). I have offered some explanation in the fact that in towns of the nature of Blackpool, the percentage of married women of child bearing age is comparatively small. Nevertheless, the present rate of 9 -97 compares with 38 -8 in 1878, and the Table on page 8 and the chart facing this page will indicate the downward tendency It must be hoped that the smaller number of children will mean improved prospects of their being reared well. If this is so, the lowered birth- rate will not be an unmixed c\ il.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28932390_0011.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
