[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, West Lancashire R.D.C.
- West Lancashire (England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1937
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, West Lancashire R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1937. Area of the District ... Estimated resident population (middle of 1987) No. of inliabited houses (end of 1937) according to Hate Book Eateable Value ... Sum represented by a IVnny Hate Births ... Birth Rate Deaths Death Hate (crude) ... Deatli Hate (adjusted) (comparability factor 1.02) Infantile IMortalitv ... Z^'inotic Death Hate (7 principal zymotics) All forms of Tuberculosis (including Phthisis) 67,446 acres. 82,350 9,668 k 192,078 4800 494 15.2 889 12.0 12.2 58 per 1,000 births. .12 per 1,000. 0.48 per 1,000. BIRTHS. The number of births recorded during the year was 494, equal to a rate of 15.2 per 1,000 of the population. This is an inci'ease of .3 on the fiaure for 1986 and an inci'ease of 1.7 over the five years average 1982-86. Of tlie total births 264 were males and 230 females. There were 12 illegitimate births—9 male& and 3 females. DEATHS. The total deaths registered for the Rural District during 1937 numbered 889. This figure was arrived at after deducting deaths of non-residents who died chiefly in institutions, etc., and adding those of residents dying outside tlie district. The figure' for 1986 was 822. The death-)‘ate for the year was thus 12.0' ])er 1,000 of the ])opida- tion, and the adjusted death-rate, after multiplying by the com- ])arability factor for the district (1.02) is 12.2- jaer 1,(XX). This is an increase of 1.5 on tlie figure for 1986 and an increase of .8 on the five years average 1982-1986. Maternal Mortality.—The maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live births was 4.04 against 6.55 in 1936. The figure for England and Wales was 3.23 and 3.81 in 1936.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30261636_0020.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
