[Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Huddersfield County Borough.

  • Huddersfield (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1948
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Credit: [Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Huddersfield County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Situation of the Borough: Elevation: Area of the Borough: Population: Density of Population: .Number of Inhabited Houses: GENERAL AND VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1940. (Rates calculated on Registrar-GerilraPs Figures!» Latitude varies from 53°36,28I,N. to 53°41,40IIN, Longitude varies from 1°A3,26W. to 1°53*36I,W. Varies from 150 feet to 1,246 feet above sea level, H,H9 acres. 1931 Census - 113,479. Estimated by the Registrar-General at the middle of 1940 - 127,400. 1948 - 9,00 persons per acre. 1931 - 31 ,650. Number of Inhabited Houses (According to Rate Books); March 31st 1949 - 41 ,401 . Number of families or Separate Occupiers: 1931 Census - 32,109. Rateable value of the Borough. 1st April 1940 - £992,803. Sum represented by Id. rate: £4,050. LIVE BIRTHS. Registered Live Births (Legitimate and I legitimate); 2189 illegitimate Births: 135 — —mmriD. 16,92 GIRTH RATE: InolanTancl Wales, 17,9 f26 County~^oroughs and Great Towns (including London). 20,0 STILL BIRTHS. Registered (Legitimate and I(legitimate): Tllegitimate: Wtrm HUDDERSFIELD. 1 ,MT In gland anT Wales, POPULATIuN: 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns (including London). DEnTH rate. Registered Deaths: HUDDERSFIELD. DEATH RATE: TngTTnTanTRales. 1*26 County Boroughs and Great Towns (including London). DEATH RATE FROM CANCER. Deaths: DEATH RATE: HUDDERSFIELD. INFANT MORTALITY. Deaths under 1 year: T flegTETmate Ueattis under 1 year: WANT HUDDERSFIELD! MTEity rrnrr England and Hales. 'l?6 CourrEy Boroughs and Great Towns (including London). 50 3 0,39 0.42 0,52 1712 13.23 10.0 11,6 270 2,09 72 4 53 34 39 MATERNAL MORTALITY. CAUSE OF DEATH. No. of | deaths. RATE PER 1,000 TOTAL (LIVE AND STILL) BIRTHS. \ j HUDDERSFIELD j • England and l/alcs. j 126 County Bor« j oughs and Great ! j Towns (including j London), ; Abortion with sepsis. 2 | 0.89 0.11 ] | i Abortion without sepsis. M - 0.05 Figures not Puerperal infections. - «* 0.13 available. j Other maternal causes. 1 j 0.45 0.73 3 1.34 1.02 ___ J