[Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Gloucester R.D.C.

  • Gloucester (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1956
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Credit: [Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Gloucester R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table 3. Birth and Death Rates. Gloucester England Rural and District Wales Crude live birth rate per 1,000 population . . 18-28 \ i «v7 *Corrected live birth rate per 1,000 population 18-64 Still birth rate per 1,000 total births 21 5 23-0 Crude death rate per 1,000 population 13-6 \ 11-7 ^Corrected death rate per 1,000 population . . 10-06 / 17 Death rate of infants under 1 year per 1,000 live births 20-5 23-8 Death rate of legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 21-6 ] Death rate of illegitimate infants per 1,000 V Not illegitimate live births — J available Death rate from Puerperal Causes per 1,000 total births -—■ 0-56 *NOTE.—The Corrected Birth and Death Rates are obtained by multiplying the Crude Rates by the factors 1 -02 and 0-74 respectively. These factors are supplied by the Registrar-General and serve to make the Crude Rates for the District comparable with the Rates for the country as a whole. GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES IN THE DISTRICT. Laboratory Facilities. The examination of pathological specimens, and the analyses of milk and ice cream samples, etc., are carried out at the laboratory of the Gloucester Royal Hospital, under the Medical Research Council scheme. (There is no charge for this work). Water and sewage analyses, taken by this Department, are carried out by the Council's Analysts, Messrs. Ellis & Turner, Public Analysts, Gloucester. Hospitals. The Council have no responsibility for arranging hospital treatment, except with regard to old people in need of care and attention and dealt with under the National Assistance Acts. Infectious disease cases are admitted to the Isolation Hospital at Over, which is administered by the Gloucester, Stroud and Forest Management Committee.