[Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

  • East Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council
Date:
1955
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Credit: [Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    REPORT OF THE COUNTY MEDICAL OFFICER Section 1. Vital Statistics POPULATION 1 Estimated tfeiisns. Dist riels 1955 Aclniinistrative Countv 211,782 217,000 217,100 Urliaii Districts 101,797 l(iC),()00 107,400 Rural Districts 100,985 110,400 109,700 r ' BIRTHS AND BIRTH RATES Birth rate per 1,000 of the Population Districts Average the ten rate for years 1919 1950 1951 1952 1958 1954 1955; 1981-40 1 1 1941-50 Administrative County 14-8 17-2 1()-1 15-0 14 5 14-9 lo'O 112 13-8 Crhan Districts. 14-i 17-2 15-0 14-8 14-1 14-G 14-8 140 13-8 Rural Districts.. ] 14 9 17*2 17-2 15-8 14.8 15-2 15-3 14.4 13-S 'I'lu' birth rat(' of I.’biS lor tlio (ouiity is llu' lowest ever rceordcal. 'I'lx' raft' (or l'ai<i'lan(i and \\ aU's for If).).) was 15.0 per lliousand population, and to (■oin|)are tlie I'.ast hiding' rate with this H^uia', iis(' has to he inadt* of the eoinparal)ility faetor, which tak(\s into eonsideration the aii,'e and sex eoiistilution of the bounty. When this factor is ai)plied to tlu' crude birth rate for the C'ouiity of i;!.S, th<' ad,iust('d rat(‘ so obtained is 15.1. that is, a little higher than tlu' rate for Ihiyland and W’ales. ] her(' A\er(' li\(' births and stillbirths registered tor the t ounty duriiic' the y('ar. inakiiio’ a total of d.tKSl. these births, 'JO‘J took |)laee outside the County. 1 he nuinher of births notified to iny oflice by lujspitals, practitioners and niidwives w'as t,811', and ‘J7 births were reported by hejiistrars which were registered hut not notified. Of these births. 1 ,P58 were outward transfers to other areas. I he stillbirth rate was 2ifj.'6 per 1,000 total births, compared with a rate of 20.(3 in 1951- and 20.9 in 1958.