[Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough.

  • Birkenhead (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1944
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Credit: [Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Registration of stillbirths.—The 107 stillhirtlis re;/isler<d were classified as follows: — Legitimate —Afales o() Females 40 Illegitimate—Males 0 Females 5 107 Tlie stillbirth rate was 08 per LOOO total births. Births notified during 1944.— During the year, O.'ioO births wi-n* votificd, in tlie Borough under Section 2(K1 of the Public ILailth Act, loot). Of these, 111 wei’e stillbirths, li-aving a total of 0.001 li\c births. dOiis total inchules births whi(di occurred in the Hirluadiead Maternity Hospital aiid the BiiPeidiead ]\Iunici])al Hf)spital. many of wliich were transferable to other areas. The following is an analysis of the above births: — Births in Pii])lic Institutions : — Birkcidiead Maternity Idf)S|)ital ... o.M (22 st illbirths j Bii'kenhead Municipal Hospital ... l)()2 (28 BiiTenhead Oenei’a! Hospital — (- Birtlis in Nursing Homes dOo (11 ,, ) Other births : — Notified by doctors 7 {— .. ) Notified by midwives 1400 (OO ,, ) Notified by parenfs — (— ,, ) OoOl (111 stillbirths) Un-notified births.—The Registrars reported 57 cases of un-notified births; 37 by both certified midwives and doctors, 0 by the ^faternity Hospital staff, 3 by the iMunici])al Hos])ital staff, and 8 by Annandale Nursing Home. DEATHS Death - rate.—1,583 deaths occurred during the year; the total figure includes 112 deaths of Birkenhead residents which occurred outside the Borough, but excludes 307 deaths of non-residents which occurred in the area. This gives a death-rate of 13.3 per 1,000. Deaths in recent years.—The death-rates since 1934 are as follows: 1934 12.0 per 1,000 1935 12.5 1936 12.6 1937 13.0 1938 12.1 1939 12.9 1940 16.1 1941 18.9 1942 14.3 1943 14.8 1944 13M