[Report 1969] / Medical Officer of Health, Hitchin R.D.C.
- Hitchin (England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1969
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1969] / Medical Officer of Health, Hitchin R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![SECTION A NATURAL AND SOCIAL' CONDITIONS OF THE HITCHIN RURAL AREA (a) GENERAL STATISTICS. Area (in acres) 81,099 Registrar General's estimate of Resident population Mid-1969 24,440 Number of inhabited houses at 1st April 1969(estimated) 8,551 Rateable Value £949,468 Net product of Id. rate £3,353 (b) PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS The Registrar General's estimate of resident population for mid-1969 reveals an overall increase of 200. Natural increase of population, i.e. excess of births over deaths for the year was 166. HITCHIN RURAL VITAL STATISTICS 1969 ;LIVE BIRTHS3 Males Females TOTAL i Total 189 203 j 392 Legitimate 174 192 366 Illegitimate 15 11 26 Live Birth Rate (uncorrected) per 1,000 population - 16.0 Live Birth Rate (corrected) per 1,000 population ! “ 17.4 Illegitimate live births percentage of total live births- _ 7.0 STILL-BIRTHS § ! Total 2 2 4 j Rate per 1,000 live and still-births - - 10.0 Total Live and still-births 191 205 396 jDEATHS OP INFANTS UNDER 1 YEAR OP AGEs ] Total 4 4 8 Legitimate 4 3 7 j Illegitimate 0 1 1 Infant Mortality Rate per 1,000 live births - - 20.0 Legitimate Infants per 1,000 legitimate live births ~ — 19.0 . Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births - 0.38 Neo-Natal mortality rate (deaths under 4 weeks per ! 1,000 total live births). _ _ 8.0 j Early Neo-Natal mortality rate (deaths under 1 week 1,000 total live births). per 8.0 Perinatal mortality rate (still-births and deaths under 1 week combined per 1,000 total live and still-births - . 18.0 iMATERNAL MORTALITY, INCLUDING ABORTIONS | Number of deaths Rate per 1,000 total live and still-births - - - TOTAL DEATHS % 103 123 226 | Death Rate (uncorrected) - 9.2 j Death Rate (corrected) - 9.4 Natural increase of population 166 ; Overall increase of population 1 200](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2943094x_0008.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
