[Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Folkestone Borough & Port.

  • Folkestone (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1955
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Credit: [Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Folkestone Borough & Port. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    REGISTRAR-GENERAL’S RETURNS—1955 Birth-rates, Death-rates and Analysis of Mortality in the year 1955 Folkestone England and Wales. 160 Smaller Towns. {Resi- dent Population 25,000—50,000 at 1951 Census). London Adminis- trative County. Rates per 1,000 Home Population. Births. Live births 13.29 15.0 14.9 15.1 (corrected) Stillbirths 15.7(a) 23.2(a) 23.3(a) 20.2(a) Deaths. All causes 10.42 11.7 11.6 11.5 (corrected) Acute Poliomyelitis 0.01 0.00 0.01 Cancer of lung and bronchus 0.37 0.39 0.37 0.57 Coronary disease. Angina Pectoris 1.82 1.59 1.60 1.57 Diphtheria — 0.00 0.00 0.00 Influenza 0.19 0.07 0.07 0.05 Pneumonia 0.31 0.49(b) 0.45(b) 0.63(b) Tuberculosis (all forms) 0.15 0.15 0.13 0.17 Whooping Cough 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 Rates per 1,000 related Live Births. Infant Mortality. Deaths of infants under 1 yr. of age ... 19.47 24.9 25.2 23.2 Neonatal Mortality. Deaths of infants under 4 weeks of age 7.08 17.3 (a) Per 1,000 total live and stillbirths. (b) Including Pneumonia of Newborn. MATERNAL MORTALITY, 1955 Provisional figures based on Quarterly Returns Folkestone England and Wales Rates per 1,000 Total Cause of Death {Live and Still) Births Number of Deaths Rates per 1,000 Total {Live and Still) Births Maternal causes, excluding abortion — 369* 0.54 Due to abortion ... ... ... — 68 0.10 Total maternal mortality ... ... — 437 0.64 Including 32 deaths where the interval between the maternal condition and death was stated to exceed 12 months.
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