[Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, Haydock Local Board / U.D.C.

  • Haydock (England). Local Board.
Date:
1962
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Credit: [Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, Haydock Local Board / U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ; 3‘ INFANT MORTALITY: Deaths of infants, under one year of age numbered] 5 giving a rate' per 1,000 live births of 23.1. The rate for England and Wales Was 21.4. : There were no deaths from Measles or Whooping Cough. | j • | MATERNAL; MORTALITY: There was one Maternal death., i.e. death due to oir associated with pregnancy or parturition. COMPARABILITY OF CRUDE LIVE; BIRTH AND DEATH RATES: If the populations of;all areas were similarly constituted as regards the proportions of; their sex and age groups, their crude rates for live births ajid deaths (per 1,000 population) could be accepted as valid for purposes of comparison with other areas and with the country as a whole. j I ■ As the population of the areas are not thus similarly constituted the Registrar-General supplies comparability factors to each iarea, by which the crude live birth and death rates of the area are! weighted to give the adjusted rates, which are truly comparable with the adjusted rates of other areas. • ; i ; i i i For jthis area the live birth rate comparability factor is 0.96 and the adjusted Live Birth-rate becomes 16.8 per 1,000. The Death-rsfte comparability factor is 1.20 and the adjusted Death-rate is-therefore 1:3.5 per 1,000. ■ ; i COMPARISONS OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, ETC. The tables on the following pages give comparisons of the Births, Deaths, etc., for the year 1962 and for tjhe preceding 5 years; also the causes of death in the Haydock Urban District for the year 1962.