[Report 1958] / Medical Officer of Health, Barnsley County Borough.
- Barnsley (England : Unitary authority). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1958
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1958] / Medical Officer of Health, Barnsley County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![VITAL STATISTICS I'hc vital statistics for 1958 in the pa^es which follow, the usual explanatory notes and coinnients added in the appropriate places, and the simplified statistical tables introduced tlmee years a^yo will he found in the appendix to this part of the report. POPULATION The Registrar General’s estimation of the ]>opulation at mid-year hf58 is 75,580. This is an increase over the estimates for the past years, hut still falls short of the actual figures at the 1951 census. Again, without criticising the Registrar General, the comment must he recorded that for those wlio know the vital and progressive community that is Rarnslev it is very difficult to believe that the population of the Rorough is the same now as it was in 1951. BIRTHS dTere was a total of 1,311 live births to residents of the County Rorough. The details are as follows : Live Births IM ales PTniale.s Total 1 wgitimate ...» •.*. .... 664 611 1,275 niegitimate 20 16 36 Total .... 684 627 1,311 R)irth Rale per 1,000 population = 17.34 Adjusted by application of comparability factor of 0.99 — 17.16 Reference to Table I will show that the birth rate for Barnsley continues to be above that for figure showed an increase over the 1958 Birth Rate showed a with that for 1957. the countrv as a whole. This latter that for 1957. In Barnsley however, fractional decrease when compared Illegitimate live births were 2.74% of total live births. Still Births Legitimate Illegitimate M ale.s 23 2 Females 13 Total 36 2 Total 25 13 38 Rate per 1,000 total births (live and still) = 28.16 Rate per 1,000 population .. .. .... .... .... = 0.50 The Still Rirth Rate for Rarnsley again shows little material chang'e. In 1958 there was one more still birth than in 1957. This gives an increase of just under one in the rate per 100 births. This rate remains above that of England and Wales as a whole. Detailed reference has been made in the past on this figure as an index to the efficiency of the obstetric services in the area. As no substantial change has taken place in these during the year it would indeed be unusual if this figure were to show any marked change.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29226430_0008.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
