[Report 1934] / Medical Officer of Health, Leeds City.

  • Leeds City Council
Date:
1934
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Credit: [Report 1934] / Medical Officer of Health, Leeds City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Illegitimate Births. Year. Illegitimate births. Percentage of nett births registered. Rate per 1,000 estimated population. 1924 . . 423 4'9% 0*90 1925 .. 422 5-2% 0-89 I926 . . 434 5'4% 0-92 1927 . . 37i 4-8% 0*78 1928 . . 390 5-i% 0-82 I929 . . 410 5-5% o-86 1930 . . 374 4-9% 0*78 1931 . . 358 5-o% 0-74 1932 •• 370 5-3% 0*76 1933 • • 335 5-o% 0-69 1934 • • 381 5-3% 0-78 Reference to the illegitimate death-rate will be found on pages 162 and 166. Details respecting the notification and visitation of births are given on pages 184 and 185. Stillbirths.—The number of stillbirths registered during the year was 380, comprising 199 males and 181 females. The inward transfers numbered five, all females, and the outward transfers 65, namely 38 males and 27 females, which after adjustment leaves a nett total of 320, made up of 1G1 males and 159 females. The rate per thousand of the population was o-GG as compared with 0-69 for the previous year. The rate for England and Wales was 0-62. Expressed as a percentage of the total births (nett) the