[Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

  • East Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1925
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Credit: [Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    BIRTHS AND BIRTH RATES (per 1000 Total Population). Districts. Average rate for the ton years 1911—1920 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 Administrative County 20-3 17-4 24-3 2M 19-6 19-6 18*5 18-0 Urban Districts.. 10*3 16-7 23-9 19-8 18-1 180 17*4 16-3 Rural Districts... 20-8 17-8 24*5 22*0 20-6 20-7 19*2 19 2 -‘^,004 birtlis were re^-istered during tlie year, a d(‘CJ‘ease ■ of ()'} on the ])revioiis year when 3,0GT were registered. Of the d,()()4 l)irihs, 1,094 were registered in tile urban and 1,910 in the rural districts. Tlie birth-rate for the County was IS.O per 1,000 of tile ])opnlation, compared with 18.5 for the previous year, a de(*.rease of .5 per 1,000 of tlie population. The liigliest rates recorded were: — II(m1oii M.I'> 22.5 i>er 1,000 of the population. Tatrin^toii IM) 22.4 ,, ,, Uiccall IM) 20.2 Tlie lowest rates recorded were : — Wil lieni.sea U.D 10.8 iier 1,000 of the population. Filey U.D 11.2 (4)1 (iii<;haiii TM) 12.7 ,, ,, The ])irth-rate for the whole of England and Wales was IS.'b compared with 18.8 in the previous jmar. ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS. 205 illegitimate children were born in the East JC’ding during the year, Avhi(4i number is 28 less than the jirevious yeai*. Sixty-one of these births occurred in the urlian districts (giving a rate of .91 per 1,000 population) .ind 144 in the rural districts (giving a rate of 1.44 per 1,000 population). The proportion of illegitimate births to legitimate was 1 to 18.T, and tlie illegitimate birth-rate was 1.23 per 1,000 of the population. The rate for the previous vear was 1.40. 01 the total number of births recorded during the year, 0.8 per cent, were illegitimate,