[Report 1932] / School Medical Officer of Health, Bury County Borough.

  • Bury (Greater Manchester, England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1932
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Credit: [Report 1932] / School Medical Officer of Health, Bury County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    VITAL STATISTICS. Population.—'Fhe Rci^istrar-Cieneral’s estimate of the popula- tion at the middle of 11)8*2 is r)7,lh(). This figure has been used for the calculation of the various hii'th and death rates. The population at the 1931 Census was returned as 56,182 (males 26,150, females 80,082). Births.—The number of births during the year was 728, returning a birth rate of 12.74 per 1,000 of the population. This rate is slightly higher than last year’s record low rate, and is the third lowest rate on record. The illegitimate births numbered 54, being 7.5 per cent, of the total births. The birth rate for England and Wales for 1982 was 15.3 per 1,000. Still Births.—] ^orty-six still births (27 males and 19 females) were registered, being at the rate of 59 per 1,000 of the total births. Deaths.—During the year 984 deaths have been registered in the Borough. Of these deaths 260 w'ere of persons not usually resident in the Borough. By excluding these deaths of non- residents, the number of deaths is reduced to 724, to which must be added 46 deaths of Burv residents which have occurred in other districts. The number of Bury deaths is thus brought to 770, which is less by 46 than the previous year. The death rate is 13.47 per 1,000 of the population as compared with a rate of 14.50 per 1,000 in the previous year. The rate for all England and Wales was 12.0 per 1,000. Infant IVIorTality.—The Infant Mortality Rate for the year 1982 is 85 per 1,000 births, and shows an increase of 14 compared with the corresponding rate for 1931, which was, however, the second lowest rate yet recorded. On reference to the table on page 12 it will be seen that 29 deaths (or 46.7 per cent.) occurred during the first week after birth. The corresponding rate for all England and Wales was 65 per 1,000 births, and for the great towns of England and Wales 69 per 1,000 births.