[Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Smethwick County Borough.
- Smethwick (Worcestershire, England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1930
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Smethwick County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![2$ BIRTH-RATE, DEATH-RATE, AN© ANALYBIS OF MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1930. BIRTH- BAT K PER 1,000 annual Death-rate PER 1.000 Population Rate per 1.000 Births Percentage OF Total Beat Total Popu¬ lation cn V £ V V it* X o 9* t/5 0) it* C ^ rt V rt N U u c •C '•/I U -S CS o ^ Q ^ •c «/: ««« c ■/) V X rt U 4) —■ sfl n ^ c 2 I.S ® PCL i-i; Live Births Still¬ births O U rt £ (/) c. V rt 'j './5 c c 5 - > s Z Q S “ C ^ 2 H £* ngland and Wale.s 163 069 11-4 0-01 0-00 O-IO .0-02 0-05 0-09 0-12 O’oo 6-0 60 90-4 6-9 17 I' )7 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London . 16'6 0 71 11-5 0-01 0-00 0-15 0-02 0-05 010 Oil 0-50 8-3 64 90-6 6-6 1 2*3 ] )9 Smaller Towns (1921 Adjusted Populations, 20,000—50,0(X)) . 162 0 69 10-5 0-00 O'OO 0-08 001 0-05 0-07 013 0-43 4-4 55 91-8 5-9 ... i ondon . 157 0o6 11-4 0-01 0-00 0-23 0-02 0-03 0.10 0-08 0'55 9-9 59 88-3 7-4 4-3 ’ HETHWICK . 180 0-84 10'4 — — 0-02 0 02 O'Ol 0'24 Oil 0'39 58 66 91 8 4'9 2'8 j The total deaths registered in Smethwick numbered 541^ 7 of these were non-residents and were transferred to other districts, while 355 Smethwick residents died in other districts, and have been added to the number registered in the llorough. The nett .<leaths thus number 889, giving a rate of 10.4 per 1,000 of the population. Deaths under 5 years of age represent 14.8 per cent, of the total, against 17.1 per cent, last year, while deaths over 65 years of age represent 39.8 per cent, of the total, compared with .36.9 per cent, last year. The mean age at death was 50.5, compared with 48.0 last year, 50.0 in 1928, 46.7 in 1927, 46.4 in 1926, 45.8 in 1925, 43.8 in 1924, and 43.6 in 1923. The decline in the birth-rate was arrested in 1929, the figure being 17.8 per 1,000 of the population. The rate for 19.30 was 18.0, as against 16.7 for 1928, and 17.0 for 1927. Twenty-five years ago the rate was 31.2 per 1,000. The Infant Mortality rate for the year was 66.4 per 1,(K)0 births. This compares with 60 for England and Wales, and 64 for the 107 great towns. Over sixtj'-three per cent, of the infant deaths occurred during the first four weeks of life (neo-natal deaths). A table showing the cause of death at different age periods will Le found in the Appendix to this Report, and a similar table relating to the deaths of infants umler one year, ai)[)cars on [lage 63.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30091226_0027.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
