[Report 1912] / Medical Officer of Health, Bury County Borough.

  • Bury (Greater Manchester, England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1912
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Credit: [Report 1912] / Medical Officer of Health, Bury County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    J3 BIRTHS. During- the year 1,240 births have been registered within the Borough, of which 12 belonged to other districts. By deducting these 12 births the number will be reduced to 1,228, to which must be added two births which have occurred in other districts, thus bringing the corrected number of births to 1,230. Of this number 615 were boys and 615 were girls, representing a birth rate of 20.81 per 1,000 of the population, as compared with a rate of 20.28 per 1,000 in the preceding year. The corrected number of births shows an increase of 40 as compared with the previous year, but is 59 below the mean number for the ten years 1902-1911. The birth rate is, with the exception of the years 1909 and 1911, the lowest recorded for the Borough, and is one of the most unsatisfactory features of the year’s statistics. It compares very unfavourably with similar Lancashire towns, such as St. Helens, Bootle, and Wigan, with rates of 31.9, 29.9, 28.59 respectively. Ward Distribution. No. of Births. Moorside 309 East 283 Church 169 Redvales 187 Elton 282 Rate per 1000. 21.15 23.76 23-I3 l6.8l I9.92 Forty-five of the above births were illegitimate, as compared with sixty in the previous year, being apportioned to the wards as follows : — Moorside... I3| East 9] Church 12 Redvales ... 3I Elton 8l (3 of which occurred in the Union Workhouse). (2 of which occurred in the Union Workhouse). (1 of which occurred in the Union Workhouse). (1 of which occurred in the Union Workhouse). Total ... ••• 45