[Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Dartford R.D.C.

  • Dartford (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1956
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Credit: [Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Dartford R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    BIRTHS. Births were up by 51 on the previous year and the adjusted birth rate thereby increasing to 15.0. The trend since 1949 has been as follows:= 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 Births 656 594 562 533 591 579 581 632 Birth rate, Dartford 16.2 14.0 13.4 12.8 14.0 13,7 13.7 15.0 Birth rate, England and Wales 16.7 15.8 15. 5 15.3 15. 5 15. 2 15.0 15. 6 As mentioned above, the fact that in the years 1954, 1955 and 1956 houses have been built by the Borough outside its boundary means that a sizeable slice of fertility has been presented to the neighbouring District, and that reproduction has been greater than our birth rate implies. Births by Social Class 1956. The Registrar General has again kindly classified for us the 632 births of 1956: Legitimate Illegitimate Social Class births by births by social class social class Total Percentage of father of mother 1956 1955 I 41 1 42 7% 4% II 101 1 102 16% 11% III 359 11 370 58% 63% IV 62 7 69 11% 12% V 45 3 48 8% 10% 608 23 631 100% 100% Not stated - 1 1 608 24 632 Place of birth. 530 of the above 632 births took place in hospital, i.e. 84% compared with 83% in 1955. In Dartford Rural District, 72% took place in hospital. DEATHS. Prior to 1953 the only deaths in Bexley Hospital allotted to Dartford were those whose home addresses were either in Dartford or were unknown. In 1952 there were 17 so allotted. For the year 1953 a change in practice was begun and all deaths of patients there were attributed to Dartford, the allocations increasing from 17 in 1952 to 128, 141, 158 and 176 in 1953, 1954, 1955 and 1956 respectively. This large increase, although now allowed for in the comparability factor, will have to be separated from our total if we are to follow the trend of deaths in the town population. The latter will be taken as the total deaths less those of the mental hospitals plus 17: 1st 2nd Quarters 3rd 4th Year Deaths - Dartford Borough 1956 172 138 119 134 563 Less Mental Hospital deaths 55 47 30 44 176 . . Town deaths 117 91 89 90 387 Add 5 4 4 4 17 Dartford deaths by pre'=1953 methods 122 95 93 94 404 Hence the annual and quarterly deaths and death rates as calculated by the pre-1953
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