[Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, County of the Soke of Peterborough.

  • Peterborough (England). County Council.
Date:
1951
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Credit: [Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, County of the Soke of Peterborough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    498 of the 993 children born in 1951 were males, and 495 wer females. 927 were legitimate and 66 illegitimate, compared with 7 illegitimate births in 1950. The illegitimacy rate was 6.6 per 100 live births, compared with 7. in 1950. The number of live births and the rates in each area of the Count were:— Males 407 63 28 498 Females 378 83 34 495 T otal 785 146 62 993 RaU 14.7 19.5 16.3 15.4 Area Peterborough City. Peterborough Rural District Barnacle Rural District .- Administrative County The live birth rate for England and Wales was 15.5; for the U County Boroughs and Great Towns 17.3; for the 148 smaller towns (< which Peterborough is one) 16.7; and for London 17.8. Our rates are again lower thEvn those of the country as a whole. The birth rates in each year in the Soke of Peterborough sin< 1930 are as follows:— 1930—15.8; 1931 — 15.1; 1932—14.1; 1933 — 13.1; 1934— 13.8; 1935 — 14.1; 1936— 15.1; 1937 — 14.3; 1938— 15.2; 1939— 14.1; 1940 — 14.2; 1941 — 14.1; 1942—15.6; 1943 — 16.5; 1944 — 20.2; 1945 — 17.8; 1946— 19.5; 1947 — 19 8; 1948— 17.2; 1949— 15.8; 1950 — 14.9; 1951 — 15.4. It will be noted that the fall in the birth rate, which began in 194 continues. Stillbirths The number of stillbirths in 1951 was 25 (21 in the City, 1 in t' Barnack Rural District, and 3 in the Peterborough Rural District). T. stillbirth rate is, therefore, 0.38 per 1,000 of the population. The stillbirth rate for England and Wales in 1951 per LOGO of t population was 0.36; for the 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns 0.4 for the 148 smaller towns 0.38, and for London 0.37. 21 of the 25 stillbirths occurred in hospitals or maternity un attached to hospitals, and 4 occurred in domiciliary miwifery practu: Three of the latter were premature infants.
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