[Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough.
- Birkenhead (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1939
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Legitimacy.—Of the 2,405 live births registered 08 were illegiti- mate, a percentage of 4.07. Registration of stillbirths.—The 118 stillhirlhs registered were classified as follows: — Legitimate— Males 58 Feiuales 50 Illegitimate—Males 4 Females 6 118 The stillbirth rate was 47 i)er 1,000 total births. Births notified during 1939.—During the year, 2,5:>1 births were notified, in the Borough under Section 203 of the Public Health Act, 1036. Of these, llO were still births, leaving a total of 2,421 live births. This total includes births wdiich occurred in the Birkenhead Maternity Hospital, the Birkenhead Municipal Hosi)ital, and the Birkenhead General Hospital, many of which w'ere transferable to other areas. The following is an analysis of the above births: — Births in Public Institutions: — Birkenhead IMaternity Hosi)ital... 430 (25 stillbirths) Birkeidiead iMunicipal Hos])ital... 370 (32 ,, ) Birkenhead General Hospital .... — (— ,, ) Births in Nursing Homes 140 (5 ,, ) Other births: — Notified by doctors 23 ( 1 ,, i Notified by midwives 1441 (47 ,, ) Notified by parents 2 (— ,, ) 2421 (llO stillbirths) Un-notified births.—The Begistrars re])orted 57 cases of un-notified births; 38 by both certified midwdves and doctors, 18 by the ^laternity Hospital staff, and 1 by the General Hospital staff. DEATHS Death-rate.—1,804 deaths occurred during the year; the total figure includes 118 deaths of Birkenhead residents wdiich occurred outside the Borough, but excludes 263 deaths of non-residents wdiich occurred in the area. This gPes a death-rate of 12.9 per 1,000. Standardised death-rate.—Though the above reflects the extent of death in Birkenhead it should not be used for the purpose of making comparisons with the position obtaining in other areas or in the country as a whole. The age and sex composition of compared areas must be taken into account before it is safe to make any deductions in regard](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28927333_0008.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
