[Report 1928] / Medical Officer of Health, Rochester City and Port.
- Rochester (Kent, England). City and Port Authority.
- Date:
- 1928
Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1928] / Medical Officer of Health, Rochester City and Port. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![VITAL STATISTICS TOTAL M. F. BIRTHS < LEGITIMATE 467 231 236 1 i ILLEGITIMATE 18 10 8 i DEATHS ... 365 181 184 NUMBER OF WOMEN DYING IN, OR IN CONSEQUENCE OF, CHILDBIRTH BIRTH RATE (b.o.) 15.2 DEATH RATE (b.o.) ll.I C FROM SEPSIS J £ OTHER CAUSES ] DEATHS OF INFANTS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE PER 1000 BIRTHS:— LEGITIMATE, 38.5 ILLEGITIMATE, 166.6 TOTAL, 43.2 DEATHS FROM MEASLES (ALL AGES) . 0 „ WHOOPING COUGH (ALL AGES) ... ... 0 „ „ DIARRHIEA (UNDER TWO YEARS OF AGE) ... 4 The Registrar-General’s Table of Causes of Death appears at the end of the Report on Page 30 The following Table shews a comparison between the “Rates” in this District and those in other parts of England and Wales for the year 1928. Birth Rate Death Rate Infant Mortality per 1000 Birth England and Wales 16.7 11.7 65 107 County Boroughs and Great Towns (including London) 16.9 11.6 70 156 Smaller Towns 16.6 10.6 60 London 15.9 11.6 67 Rochester 15.2 11.6 43.2](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30038789_0008.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
