[Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, East Sussex County Council.
- East Sussex (England). County Council
- Date:
- 1956
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, East Sussex County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![GENERAL STATISTICS. J The Estimated Population increased from 342,300 in 1955 to 347,000 in 1956. I The crude Birth Rate for the county was 11.83 per thousand of the estimated populatio (.57 per thousand more than in 1955). The live births in 1956 totalled 4,106 (251 more tha in 1955). The number of illegitimate live births in East Sussex was 199 (18 more than i 1955) or 4.85 per cent, of the total. ^ 1 The crude Death Rate was 15.18 per thousand in 1956, as compared with 14.79 in 195;! In order that the crude birth and death rates may be made comparable with those (i England and Wales it is necessary that a correction be made by the application of a facte supplied by the Registrar-General to compensate for differences in age and sex distribute in the county, as compared with the whole country. The corrected birth and death rates fc the administrative county, together with the comparable rates for England and Wales, ai as follows:— : f Corrected Birth Rate Corrected Death Rate East Sussex 13.84 10.47 England and Wales 15.6 11.7 The Infant Mortality Rate was 18.02 per thousand live births in 1956, as compared wit„ 18.42 in 1955. The rate for England and Wales was 23.8. The illegitimate death rate ws^ 20.1 per thousand illegitimate live births, as compared with 11.05 I955- The Maternal Mortality Rate was .24 per thousand live and stiU births, as comparel with .25 in 1955. There was i maternal death during the year contributing to this figunf particulars of which appear on page 12. f] SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES. Rural Water Supplies and Sewerage Acts, 1944-55. Contemplated schemes for water supplies, sewerage and sewage disposal and for tl extension and improvement of existing arrangements have been submitted by distri( authorities. The following proposals have been examined and reported upon: Battle Rural District. Parish of Ewhurst (Staplecross Village).. Parish of Iden Parish of Playden (Houghton Green) Parish of Rye Foreign (Bowlers Town).. Chailey Rural District. Parish of Ringmer. . Parish of Telscombe (Bannings Vale— Saltdean) Cuckfield Rural District. Parish of Clayton (Clayton Village) Parish of Hurstpierpoint . . Scheme of sewerage and sewage disposa] Water main extension. Water main extension. Water main extension. Sewerage extension. Scheme of sewerage and sewage disposa] Scheme of sewerage and sewage disposa] Extension to central sewage dispos.' works. Scheme of sewerage and sewage disposa] Water main extension. Scheme of water supply. Parish of Slaugham (Warninglid Village) Hailsham Rural District. Parish of Herstmonceux (Trolliloes Area) Parish of Warbleton (Rushlake Green Area) The continuing need for national economy has again hmited progress and work ha proceeded only on a few of the more urgent schemes. Meanwhile, the costs of these essential services continue to rise, with the result that revise estimates on proposals which have been retarded by restrictions on capital expenditurej now show substantial increases and the completion of water supplies alone, to the fe\| remaining unpiped areas of the county, is likely to prove a slow and costly process. With the majority of the main centres of population sewered, provision for the smallf villages and more isolated communities will likewise be relatively expensive. Nevertheles: it is felt that every effort should be made to press forward with the most urgent case: particularly where undrained downland villages present a risk to the water resources.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29186948_0010.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
