[Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Tynemouth County Borough.

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

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    STILLBIRTHS during the year totalled ... ... ... ‘M Compiled as follows :—• Males. Females Legitimate ... 19 13 Illegitimate 1 1 20 14 The STILLBIRTH RATE lor the Borough was 26.9 per 1,000 births. The STILLBIRTH RATE per 1,000 of the population for the ]^>orough equalled 0.51. The STILLBIRTH RATE per 1,000 of the population for England and Wales equalled 0.36. DEATHS. DEATHS assignable to the Borough during the year totalled ... 825 Compiled as follows :— Males. Females. 445 380 The DEATH RATE per 1,000 of the population for the Borough equalled 12.44. The DEATH RATES per 1,000 of the population for England and Wales and the Great Towns were 12.5 and 13.4 respectively. INSTITUTIONAL DEATHS. Deaths of persons belonging to the Borough which occurred in Hospitals, etc., were as follows :— Preston Llospital ... ... ... ... 141 Tynemouth Victoria Jubilee Infirmary ... 39 Prater Maternity Home ... ... ... 1 Moor Park Isolation Hospital ... ... 2 Priory Nursing Home ... ... ... 5 Holmlands ... ... ... ... ... 22 The Elms ... ... ... ... ... — Cleveland ViUa Nursery ... ... ... — Other Institutions outside the Borough.... 69 279 33.8% of all deaths of residents of the Borough took place in Institutions.