[Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough.
- Birkenhead (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1938
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Registration of stillbirths.—The 109 stillbirths registered were classified as follows: — Legitimate— Males Females Illegitimate—Males Females 109 GO 42 d 4 The stillbirth rate was 42 ])er 1,000 total births. Births notified during 1938.—During the year, 2,878 births were notifjccl in the Borough under Section 203 of the Buhlic Health Act, 1936. Of these, 108 were stillbirths, leaving a total of 2,770 live births! This total includes births which occurred in the ILrkenhead Maternity Hospital, the Birkenhead Municipal Hosi)ital, and the Birkenhead General Hospital, many of which were transferable to other areas. The following is an analysis of the above births: — Births in Public Institutions: — Birkenhead ^Maternity Hospital... 489 (20 stillbirths) Birkenhead iMunicipiil Hospital... ,703 (24 ,, j Birkenhead Genei'al Hos))ital .... 2(1 ,, ) Births in Nursing Homes 178 (7 ,, ) Other births: — Notified by doctors 28 ( 2 ,, ) Notified by mid wives 1G7G (74 ,, ) Notified by parents 2 (— ,, ) 2878 108 stillbirths) Un-notified births.—The Begistrars reported 47 cases of un- notified births; 41 by both certified midwives and doctors and 4 by the Maternity Hospital staff. DEATHS Death-rate.—1,751 deaths occurred during the year; the total figure includes 102 deaths of Birkenhead residents which occurred outside the Borough, but excludes 271 deaths of non-residents wdiich occurred in the area. This gives a death-rate of 12.1 per 1,000. Standardised death-rate.—Though the above reflects the extent of death m Birkenhead it should not be used for the j^nrjDose of making comparisons with the position obtaining in other areas or in the country as a whole. The age and sex composition of compared areas must be taken into account before it is safe to make any deductions in regard to the influence exercised upon the degree of mortality by social, economic or other factors. All other things being equal, an area with an excessive number of old people will necessarily have a higher death-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28927321_0020.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
