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

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

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    SECTION A.—STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS. General Statistics. Area (in acres)—-excluding foreshore 5,468 Registrar-General’s estimate of Civilian Population, mid-1943.. 76,460 Number of inhabited houses (end of 1943) according to Rate Books 22,712 Rateable value £544,227 Sum represented by a penny rate £1*971 Extracts from Vital Statistics of the year. Live births :— Legitimate Males. .. 716 Females. 678 Illegitimate .. 85 60 801 738 Stillbirths :— Legitimate 30 26 Illegitimate 3 — 33 26 Deaths .. .. 644 500 Total. 1394 ) Birth Rate per 1,000 esti- > mated civilian population 145 ) 20*1. 1539 56 Rate per 1,000 total (live and still births^ *36-9 3 59 1144 Death Rate per 1,000 esti- mated civilian popu- lation 14-9 Deaths from puerperal causes (Headings 29 and 30 of the Registrar-General’s Short List) Deaths. Rate per 1,000 total No. 29. Puerperal and Post Abor- tive Sepsis .. 1 No. 30. Other maternal causes .. 2 (live and still) births. 0-62 1-25 Total 1-87 Death rate of Infants under one year of age :— Rate. All infants per 1,000 live births .. .. .. .. .. 54 Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births .. .. 54 Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births .. ... 48 Number Deaths from Cancer (all ages).. .. .. .. .. .. 133 „ Measles (all ages) .. .. .. .. .. 6 „ Whooping Cough (all ages) .. .. .. .. Nil „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) .. .. .. 7 * 0-77 per 1,000 of the population.
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