[Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Oxford City.
- Oxford (England). City Council. no2012034102.
- Date:
- 1955
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Oxford City. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![]9 SECTION I I STATISTICS SUMMARY Area of City • • • • 8,438 acres Population (estimated mid-year 1955) • t • • 105,500 Number of inhabited houses at 31.3.55 • • • • 26,906 Rateable value of the City at 31.3.55 • • • • £1,040,730 Sum represented by a penny rate 1954/5 Total cost of all health services 1954/5:— • « • £4,226 Gross Net £ £ Public Health Services • » * • 19,275 17,222 National Health Service Act, 1946 t d • • 139,708 57,042 National Assistance Act, 1948 • • • • 70,070 48,607 Totals .. • • • • £229,053 £122,871 City of Oxford England and Wales Average 1955 1945-54 19£5 Birth rate (per 1000 population) (Recorded) Birth rate (per 1000 population) (as ad- 13.38 15.62 justed by comparability factor 0.95) 12.71 15.0 Illegitimate birth rate (% of total live births) 7.5 7.35 Stillbirth rate (per 1000 total live and stillbirths 20.12 16.32 23.1 Maternal mortality rate (deaths classed to pregnancy or childbirth) (per 1000 total live and stillbirths) 0.69 0.46 0.64 Neonatal mortality rate (deaths under 1 month per 1000 live births) 14.16 16.98 17.3 Infant mortality rate (deaths under 1 year per 1000 live births) . . 19.83 25.36 24.9 Death rate (per 1000 population) (Re- corded) 9.50 9.88](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29942585_0021.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
