[Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Huddersfield County Borough.
- Huddersfield (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1951
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Huddersfield County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![GENERAL AND VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1951. (Rates calculated on Registrar-General’s Figures). Situation of the Borough : Latitude varies from 53°36'28N. to 53°41 '40''N. Longitude varies from ] °43'26W. to 1 °53'36W. Elevation : Varies from 150 feet to 1,246 feet above sea level. Area of the Borough : 14,149 acres. Population : 1931 Census— 113,475. Estimated by the Registrar-General at the middle of 1951 — 128,000. Density of Population : 1951 — 9.04 persons. Number of Inhabited Houses : 1931 — 31,650. Number of Inhabited Houses (According to Rate Books) : 31st March, 1952 — 42,011. Number of Families or Separate Occupiers : 1931 Census— 32,109. Rateable value of the Borough 1st April, 1952 — £1,028,263. Sum represented by Id. Rate : £4,146. LIVE BIRTHS. Registered Live Births (Legitimate and Illegitimate) 1928 Illegitimate 94 BIRTH RATE—HUDDERSFIELD 15.11 BIRTH RATE—England and Wales 15.5 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns (including London) 17.3 STILL BIRTHS. Registered (Legitimate and Illegitimate) 37 Illegitimate 1 RATE PER HUDDERSFIELD 0.29 1,000 England and Wales 0.30 POPULATION 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns (including London) 0.45 DEATH RATE. Registered Deaths 1925 DEATH RATE : HUDDERSFIELD 15.09 England and Wales 12.5 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns (including London) 13.4 DEATH RATE FROM CANCER. Deaths 270 DEATH RATE—HUDDERSFIELD 2.12](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2944066x_0013.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
