[Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

  • East Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1941
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Credit: [Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    -2 Tho birth rato for tho whole of England, and Wales was 14,2, compared with 14,6 in tho provious year. There were 3037 live births and 108 stillbirths registered in the County during the year, making a total of 3145, Of this number, 562 occurred in the boroughs of Beverley and Bridlington, leaving a total of 2583 in the area administered by the County Council, The number of births notified to my Office by practitioners, midwives, etc. was 2415, whil.st the Registrars in the County- sent particulars of 151 births which had been registered but not notified. ILLEGITIMATE LIVE BIRTHS, Districts, 1934 1935 ■ 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 Administrative County ........... 153 151 169 173 178 173 156 212 .L/1S bi**]. 0 I/O AOVPC 0 *00004 60 55 60 60 77 90 78 90 Rural Districts ,.;.............. 93 96 109 113 101 83 78 122 The. illegitimate birth rate was 1.1 per 1,000 of the population compared with .80 in the previous yoar. The proportion of illegitimate births to legitimate was 1 to 13. DEATH RATES FROM ALL CAUSES (ALL AGES) Tpor '1,000 of* the' Populat ionj^ Districts# Avarage rate for tho ton years 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1921-1930 1931-1940 Administrative County 12.2 12.3 12.0 12.4 12.8 11.5 11.8 12.6 12.1 Urban Districts 13 o2. 13,0 12.4 13.2 13.2 11.9 12.8 13.0 13.1 Rural Districts 11*6 . 11.6 11,7. 11,8 12.3 11.1 10.8 12,2 11.2 T'here wero 2,322 deaths registered in the County in 1941, a decrease of 134 on the figure for tho previous year. The death-rate for the whole of England and Hales war 12,9 compared with 14.3 in 1940. Tho principal causes, of doath in the County were once again heart disoaso (000), cancer (323) and intra-cranial vascular lesions (256), which accounted for nearly 50/1 of tho total deaths. DEATHS AMONGST CHILDREN ULTDER OHE IEAH, Death1, rate amongst Infants per 1,000 . . ir ' ■ ■ ■ Live' 'B'iWhsV Districts. Average rate for the ten years 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1921-1930 1931-1940 Administrative caunty 61 51 52 49 53 42 49 43 50 Urban Districts 59 50 44 . 51 52 45 46 42 55 Rural Districts 63 53 58 ...48 53 39 53 44 45 There were 156 deaths of children under the age of one year in 1941 compared with 121 in 1940. The rate for the whole of England and '/Yales was 59 compared with 55 in the previous year.