[Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Blaby R.D.C.

  • Blaby (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1953
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Credit: [Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Blaby R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    'The Infant Mortality Rate for the district was 2601 per 1^000 live ■births which closely approximates to 2608 per 1j,000 live births for England and Wales o GENERAL STATISTICS ° 1953 Area of District Population (Estimated Mid=Year) Nimber of Occupied Houses Rateable Value (31st Decembers, 1953) Product of a Penny Rate Population 325,583 acres 59,810 12s, 322 £185,589 £7AO I i It has been shown that the number of births for the district during ! 1953 was 537 whilst the niaiiber of deaths was 423° Consequently, the births I exceeded the deaths by 114.=> This has been the general trend over a number | of years as can be seen from the following table, i. Increase of Births over Deaths | 1932 1933 I 1934 I T935JT936 I 1937 I 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 ~^27r’ 66 203 I 188 198 1 \1W 294 j 1943 I 1944 I 1945 pUSTplW 1 1943' | 1949 1950 1951 1952] 1953 340 381 I 201 360 342 306 265 227 187 I 228 1 114 This shows that in the district there has been a steady natural in= crease of population every year and this does not take into consideration J the inward migration from the neighbouring urban district, 1 The expectation of life has increased during the last half century dneg amongst other factors, to the growth of scientific medical know= ledge and also to in^^rovements in the social conditions under which the majority of people live. The public health authorities have without doubt played a noteworthy part in bringing this about. The expectation of life in Blaby Rural District -table below) can be viewed with some liLttle complacency and it is a contenting thought that life should still offer a few more years to most of us, although when one looks around, the period is obviously variable. Under 4 weeks ITweeS to 1 year nn yrso r 5=14 yrSo 15= 24 25- 34 35- 44 45*^ 54 5^ 64 ^5- 74 75- 84 B5= 94 95- 100 10c ♦ Totali Wales 6 2 j 1 3 12 26 25 57 66 19 - - 217 I jF'emaQes 3 3 1 2 6 18 26 44 78 23 2 206 Totals 9 5 1 . -J 1 I 2 3 18 44 51 101 144 42 2 - 423 Pencen-tage 2„1 —i trL 0,5 0o7 4,3 IQ4J |l21 24o0 340 m a 5 ( I I i( li ]
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