[Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Brixworth R.D.C.
- Brixworth (England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1954
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Brixworth R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![SECTION A.. NATUPIAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS AREA - (82,944 acres). The district continues to be almost entirely rural In character, agricultural and dairy farming being the principa] industries carried on. Open-cast workings for ironstone are still active In the vicinity of Brlxworth and Pitsford. The natural conflgp.ratlor of the district and the nature of the terrain has led to the construction of several largo reservoirs, the property of the Mid-Northants Water Board. POPULATION. The Registrar General estimated the population for the mid-year 1954 to be 18,300, an Increase of 310 over the previous year. The natural increase in population, the excess of births over deaths, was only 9. P^^THS. The total number of deaths assigned to the district for the year was 257 compared with 235 In 1953. The crude death rate based on the mid-year population was 14.04 compared with 13.06 In the previous year. The follovi/lng table has been compiled for comparison with previous years s- Recorded Years Total Male Female Rate 1948 212 108 104 11.76 1949 203 99 104 11.82 1950 201 100 101 11.66 1951 191 93 98 10.72 1952 156 78 82 8.74 1953 235 97 138 13.06 1954 257 93 164 14.04 In order to compare the mortality ; in the District with the mortality for England and Wales It Is necessary to make a correction, to allow for the](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28957817_0010.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
