[Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Dartford Borough.

  • Dartford (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1955
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Credit: [Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Dartford Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In Bexley^ Crayford, Erithj Dartford Borough and Rural District, i.e* Area 6 of the Local Health Authority, the percentages given by the County Medical Officer of Health have been? 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 Born at home 23% 22% 20% 21^ 20% Born in hospital 11% to BQ% 79% ^0% In the year 1955s the social classification of births wass Social Class, Legitimate births by social class of father Illegitimate Total Percentage births by social class 1955 1954 of moth 02“ 1 43 - 43 1% G% II 111 4 115 19% 14% HI 279 6 285 iS% 46^ I¥ aa 5 87 1U% 10% Y 79 1 80 13% 1S% Not stated 2 2 ■—Ij 0% 59a 18 6.U 100^ 100% DEATHS, Before 1953 the only deaths in Stone House and Darenth Park Mental Hospitals allotted to Dartford Riiral District were those whose home addresses were either in Dartford or were unknown* In the y@<ar 1952,the nimberso allotted was 9o For the year 1953 a change in practice was begun and all deaths of patients in these hospitals were thenceforth allotted to Dartford Ruia.l Districto Tirie increase which is not allowed for in the comparability factor has to be separated from our total if we are to follovj the trend of deaths in the rural district population. Taking the average quarterly figure for deaths in Stone House and Darenth Park allotted to Dartford Rural District prior to 1953 as 2, the following adjustment can be mades Total deaths allotted to Rural District by Ist Qr% 2nd Qr, 3rd Qr, 4th Qr. Year 1955 Registrar General 123 102 81 99 405 Less deaths in Mental Hospitals 15 13 4 15 47 Deaths excluding Mental Hospitals 108 89 77 84 358 Add 2 2 2 2 8 Dartford Rural District deaths by pre-1953 method of allotting deaths 110 91 79 86 366 Quarterly nufeber qf deaths (pre^ “1953 method of ajllotting deaths )s Year 1st Qr, 2nd Qr, 3rd Qto 4th Qr„ Total 1949 95 91 70 65 321 1950 3.01 76 89 68 334 1951 344 96 90 97 427 1952 118 81 60 112 371 1953 124 76 66 86 352 1954 115 85 87 93 380 1955 110 91 -2- 79 86 366