[Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Grimsby County Borough.

  • Great Grimsby (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1945
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Credit: [Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Grimsby County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table 2. England and Wales and Grimsby, 1936-1945. Birth Rates. Year Number of Births Birth Rate Grimsby England & Wales 1936 1677 17-9 14-8 1937 1516 16-3 14-9 1938 1613 17-4 15-1 1939 1563 16-9 15-0 1940 1558 18-8 14-6 1941 1403 17-8 14-2 1942 1506 19-6 15-8 1943 1539 20-1 16-5 1944 1752 23-0 17-7 1945 1686 21-6 161 Table 3. England and Wales and Grimsby, 1936-1945. Death Rates. Year Nett Deaths Gri] Crude Death Rate MSBY Adjusted Death Rate England and Wales Death Rate 1936 1078 11-5 12-3 12-1 1937 1067 11-5 12-3 12-4 1938 1054 11-4 12-2 11-6 1939 1104 12-1 13-0 12-1 1940 1137 13-7 14-4 14*3 1941 1108 14-0 * 12-9 1942 1010 13-1 * 11-6 1943 1144 14-9 * 12-1 1944 1001 13-1 * 11-6 1945 1036 13-2 * 11-4 * In regard to the Comparability Factor previously used in connection with the death rate, the Registrar-General states :—“ The variety and magnitude of local population movements and the uneven incidence of civilian war deaths have together combined to frustrate the attempt to secure comparability between local death rates by the use of Area Comparability Factors, and the preparation and issue of such factors are being suspended under present conditions.”