[Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Smethwick County Borough.
- Smethwick (Worcestershire, England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1946
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Smethwick County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Annual Report for 1946 GKNEILVL STATISTICS. i\RF,.\; 2,500 acres. Popui,.\Ti()X : Census, 1931—84.40G. I^stiinatecl ])re-war: 78,290. Estimated civilian population 1916: 74,430. ll.VTR.vni.K V.M.rE: October, 1916; £131,190. Estim.vi'f.i) Pkoduct of .\ Penny P.\te: £1,680. ITvtes in the £ : 17/6d. EsTIM.VTEI) XlTMlSEli OF Iloi'SES IN THE PoRorCHI : 21,185. EXTRACTS Hirth.s: FROM VIT.M; STATISTICS. Males 77o 1945 692 F einales 721 643 Total 1,496 1.335 Illegitimate Births included in aho\p total 55 85 Birth-rate i>,''r 1,000 jiopidation 20-09 18- Drath.s : INIales 511 485 Females 403 432 Total 914 917 T)eatli-rate iier 1,000 )ioimlation 12-28 12-8 Ini'.vnt De.aths; Males 47 41 Females ... 27 26 Total 74 67 1 nfantile iMortalitv : I.iegitimate ... 44-7 50.4 Illegitimate 127-2 47-06 Total .50-1 .50-18 Deaths of Infants umloi 4 «eeks 52 40 Xeo-natal i\forlalitv 34-7 29-9 1916 1945 Rate per Rate per Xo. 1.000 Xo. 1,000 population pop u hat ion De.aths from : ICnteric Fever — — — — .Measles — — 1 0-01 'Whooping Cough — — 1 0-01 Diarrhoea and Fmteritis (under 2 years') 12 0-16 9 0-12 Diphtheria 2 0-02 5 0-07 S(-arlet Fever . — — — — Influenza 8 0.1 .3 0-04 Cancer 1 15 1-94 ' ■ 143 2-00 Resiiiratorv Disea.se.s 121 1-62 130 1-80 Pnlmonarv Tuhcrcula.sis 0-73 01 0-80 Other Forms of Tiiherculosis 4 0-05 6 0-08 Cerehro Spinal Fever 2 0-02 •- — Boad Traffic Accidents 8 0-1 8 0-11](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30091330_0012.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
