[Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Driffield R.D.C.

  • Driffield (Humberside, England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1938
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Credit: [Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Driffield R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    P>irth Pate for Driffield Piiral District— 18.20 per 1,000 population. Iffrth Rate for England & Wales 15.1 per 1,000 ])opulation. Illegitimate Birth Rate .... 1.56 per 1,000 population. Still Birth Rate .... .... 41.2 per 1,000 Total Births. Deaths; Total M F All ages .... .... .... .... 120 68 52 Death Rate (Driffield R.D.) 10.8 per 1,000 population Death Rate (England & Wales) 11.6 per 1,000 population. There were no deaths from ])uerperal causes and the Maternal mortality rate was nil. Infants, under 1 year Eegitimate Illegitimate From Cancer. All ages From Measles From Whooping Cough From Diarrhaya (under 2 years) 6 5 1 19 0 0 1 2 2 0 8 0 0 1 4 3 1 11 0 0 0 Death Rate of Infants under 1 year: 1. All infants .... .... 32 ])er 1,000 Five Births 2. Eegitimate infants 29 ])er 1,000 Eegitimate Births 3. Illegitimate infants, 63 per 1,000 Illegitimate Births The following table shows the causes of death:— Total AI F Diphtheria .... 1 1 0 Influenza 6 3 3 1 ulierculosis of Respiratory System 1 0 1 Other Tuberculous disease 1 1 0 Cancer 10 8 11 C ereiiral RL'cmorrhage 7 o v') 4 Ileart disease 19 11 8 Aneurvsin 1 1 0 Other C'irculat()rv diseases 8 6 2 Broncliilis .... r- 0 3 2