[Report 1965] / Medical Officer of Health, Worthing Borough.

  • Worthing (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1965
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Credit: [Report 1965] / Medical Officer of Health, Worthing Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    GENERAL STATISTICS Area of Municipal Borough, including foreshore 8512.742 acres Population (Census 1921) 31,520 Population (Census 1931) 46,230 Population (Census 1951) 69,431 n w * n, % ( Males 32,345 i Population (Census 1961) ] Females 47j984 ) •• •• 80,329 Registrar-General’s Estimate of Resident Population (1965) 81,100 Number of inhabited Houses (1921) 7,710 Number of inhabited Houses (1965) 32,400 Rateable Value (1965) .. £5,210,395 Estimated sum represented by a penny rate (1965-66) £20,750 Population The Registrar-General’s estimate of the mid year population in 1965 (81,100) has been used throughout this report to calculate rates. The corres¬ ponding figure for 1964 was 80,580, so the population has increased by 520 or 0.64% over the 12 month period. VITAL STATISTICS Vital statistics relating to mothers and infants are set out below in the form and detail requested by the Ministry of Health. 1964 1965 Live Births: Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 921 933 Rate per 1,000 population (adjusted) . . . . . . 17.3 17.4 Illegitimate Live Births (per cent, of total live births) . . 7.3 8.7 Stillbirths: Number Rate per 1,000 total live and still births . . Total Live and Still Births Infant deaths (deaths under one year) 10 13 10.7 13.7 931 946 13 10 Infant mortality rates: Total infant deaths per 1,000 total live births .. .. 14.1 10.7 Legitimate infant deaths per 1,000 legitimate live births 14.2 10.7 Illegitimate infant deaths per 1,000 illegitimate live births .. . . .. .. . . .. .. 15.0 0.0 Neo-natal mortality rate: (Deaths under four weeks per 1,000 total live births) .. 10.9 5.4 Early Neo-natal mortality rate: (Deaths under one week per 1,000 total live births) .. 7.6 5.4
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