[Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

  • East Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council
Date:
1950
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Credit: [Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ILLEGITIMATE LIVE BIRTHS Districts. 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 Administrative County 246 313 326 334 233 221 179 180 Urban Districts.. 110 152 165 161 108 107 78 87 Rural Districts.. 136 161 161 173 125 114 101 93 Tlie illegitimate birth rate was .85 ])er 1,000 of the population, eoiu])are(l with .87 iu the ])]‘evious year. The nuiubei' of illef>atiiuate live births was 5.6% of the total live births for the ('ouuty. DEATH RATES FROM ALL CAUSES (ALL AGES) (per 1000 of the Population) Districts. Average rate for the ten years. 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1931-40 1941-50 Administrative County 12-3 120 13 0 131 121 120 10-7 12*2 11-4 Urban Districts.. 130 12-9 14'3 14-0 13-0 12-9 11-4 12 6 12 3 Rural Districts.. 11-6 101 11-7 12-1 11-3 11-2 10-0 11-7 10-5 There were deatlis reohstered in Ihe (huinfy in 1950, a decrease of 75 on the fij^aire foi* the ]U*evious year. The death rate was 11.4 ])er 1,000 of Ihe ]>o])ulation, compared with 12.5’ in the ])revioiis year. The figure for England and Wales for the i)ast year was 11.6, as compared with 11.7 for the year 1949. The principal causes of death in the (Jounty were once again heart disease (796), cancer (360), and vascular lesions of nervous system (387), these causes accounting for 64% of the total deaths.