[Report 1968] / Medical Officer of Health, Slough Borough.

  • Slough Borough Council
Date:
1968
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Credit: [Report 1968] / Medical Officer of Health, Slough Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    VITAL STATISTICS I . BIRTHS The total In the summary of statistics showsa small increase in the number of births but as the Registrar-General estimated an increase of more than 4,300 in the population of the town the birth rate per thousand of the population was lower than in 1967 and, in fact, showed a continuation of decrease in birth rate which has been apparent over the past three years. Comparison between columns 1 and 2 in the table below show that the local rate and national rate have followed the same trend. In 1968 there was a total of 1,636 births with a slight preponderance of males - 829 males and 807 females. Column 3 shows the ratio between the corrected local birth rate and the national birth rate. It has been my belief that the Registrar-General underestimated the towifs population during the past few years and this belief has been heightened by the allocation of a considerable increased number of inhabitants in the town for 1968. Perhaps it is not surprising that I believe this new figure to be more nearly correct but it does mean that true comparison between local and national figures must be somewiiat suspect particularly as the birth comparability figure remained the same. Year Corrected Birth Rate, Slough (1) Birth Rate England & V/ales (2) Slou^ Ratio England & Wales (3) 1959 15.74 16.5 0.95 1 1960 16.74 17.1 0.98 1 1961 17.62 17.4 1.01 1 1962 18.25 18.0 1.01 1 1963 18.91 18.2 1.04 1 1964 20.2 18.4 1.10 1 1965 18.4 18.1 1.02 1 1966 17.7 17.7 1.00 1 1967 17.5 17.2 1.02 1 1968 16.73 16.9 0.99 1
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