[Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Margate Borough.

  • Margate (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1959
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Credit: [Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Margate Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    in tJteanW^?r;; ^°r Infant Mortality are remarkable m that all deaths but one occurred before the second week.. The causes of death were due to those conditions associated with the defective development of the baby Min utero and with the process of birth. Deaths due to the rV^?iCtl°2S l3?fancy whlch used to account for the hivh hes urinS the first half of the century seen to have been overcome Maternal Mortality. There were no maternal deaths during the year. X x x x Year 1900 1910 1920 1925 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 19W 195l 195-2 195-3 1954 195 5 1956 1957 1958 1959 1950 1951 1952 1953 1955 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 Birth Rate Death Rate 20.5 1.5.9 25.5 15.7 11.3 11.8 10.9 11.8 11.3 12.3 13.9 15.7 15.0 18.5 18.1 20.2 19.5 13.5 1.5.5 13.5 12.2 13.3 16.5 16.2 1.5.9 16.8 18.5 16.5 12.6 Infant Mortality Rate 13.8 11.1 12.7 10.8 10.9 12.2 12.7 11.1 11.6 17.1 16.7 18.9 20.1 18.7 16.0 13.0 14,0 11.? 13.3 14.0 15.9 13.2 12.1 13.4 8.9 10.0 9.5 12.2 12.0 169 93 68 40 52 ?6 5,2 24 )25 41 11 34 5° 43 39 42 30 38 29 31 28 29 28 31 21 3!+ 24 l4 l4 During these years the population was very greatly reduced and the decrease was chiefly amongst young people. Statistical figures, therefore, cannot be compared with normal years
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