[Report 1930] / School Medical Officer of Health, Exeter.

  • Exeter (England). City Council.
Date:
1930
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Credit: [Report 1930] / School Medical Officer of Health, Exeter. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    POPULATION. Owing to the proximity of the Census, the Registrar Genera] has not altered the population from last year, when it was 61,880 for the Birth Rate, and 61,290 for the estimation of the Death Rate. I am of opinion that these figures are lower than will be revealed at the Census. As the statistical figures are based entirely upon popula- tion, any inaccuracy in the population will naturally affect the statistical figures. BIRTH RATE. The population for the Birth Rate is 61,880. The total number of births registered in Exeter in the year 1930 was 1097 divided as fofllows:—571 males and 526 females. Of this number, 54 male and 49 female births were certified as illigitimate, being 9.3 per cent, of the total births. To the 1,097 births must be added 14 male and 13 female (6 of whom were illigitimate) and deducted 91 male and 89 female (56 of whom were illegitimate) transferable births, giving a net number of 944 (494 males and 450 females). The Birth Rate is the number of births per 1,000 of the population. The Birth Rate for 1930 was, therefore, 15.2, being .5 below that of last year, 1.1 below that of England and Wales, and 1.4 below that of the 107 Great Towns in which Exeter is classed. The following table gives the Birth Rate and percentage of illegitimate births to total births for the past 10 years: — Year. 1921 1922 1923 19-24 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 England and Wales 22-4 20-6 19-7 18-8 18-3 17-8 16-7 16*7 16*3 16-3 Exeter 18-89 17-00 16-94 16-79 16-29 16-49 15*5 15-4 15-7 15-2 Percentage of Illegitimate Births to total births 8-3 7-05 9-03 9-1 7-9 8-6 8-4 5-8 6*6 5-6