[Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Royston (Hertfordshire) U.D.C.

  • Royston (Hertfordshire, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1948
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Credit: [Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Royston (Hertfordshire) U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Extracts from Vital Statistics for the year 1948 __ ___ Totals M. F. LIVE BIRTHS .Legitimate Illegitimate .All 65 9 41 24 6 3 74 47 27 LIVE BIRTHRATE per 1,000 of the estimated resid¬ ent population ... 16-9 (England and Wales - 17.9) STILLBIRTHS (Legitimate (Illegitimate (All DEATHS 1 a» T 48 1 M T 25 23 STILLBIRTHRATE per 1,000 total (live and still) births 13.3 DEiiTHRilTE per 1,000 of the estimated resid¬ ent population ... 11.0 (England and Wales - 10.8) Doathrate of Infants under one year of age« All infants per 1,000 live births ... ... (England and Wages = ... 34) (Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate births ... 15) (Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate births ... 222) actual number of deaths under 1 years Legitimate ... .. 1 Illegitimate ... .. 2 Total ... 3 Deaths from Puerperal Causes (Puerperal Sepsis (Other puerperal Causes Deaths from Cancer (all ages) Deaths from Measles (all ages) .. Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 11 Cement o] statistics for the year Estimated population shows a rise of 93 on the year ihe live birthrate continues favourable though much below the record of 20.8 for 1947. At 11.0 the local deathrate is much below that for 1947 (15.4) and is favourable in view of a certain loading of cider age groups in the local population. The infant mprtality on analysis is shown to bo marred by the deaths of 2 illegitimate children m tne total of 9 such births. 2