[Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Middlesbrough County Borough.

Middlesbrough (England). County Borough Council.

Date:: 1954

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Credit: [Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Middlesbrough County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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ANALYSIS OF VITAL STATISTICS. (1) The estimated population for 1954 is 148,100, which is an increase of 200 on that for the year 1953. (2) Live births decreased during the year to a figure of 3,038 as compared with 3,165 for 1953. The birth rate is, therefore, 20.51 per 1,000 population as compared with 21.4 for 1953 and is still considerably higher than the figure for England and Wales and also for that in respect of the 160 County Boroughs and great towns. (3) The death rate has decreased slightly for 1954, the rate being 11.09 per 1,000 population as compared with 11.59 for 1953. There were 71 less deaths in 1954 than in 1953. (4) The maternal mortality rate is 0.65 per 1,000 births. (5) The number of deaths from Cancer is 251 as against 283 for 1953. (6) The infantile mortality rate of 34 per 1,000 live births shows a decrease on the figure for 1953 which was 36 per 1,000. This compares unfavourably with the figure for England and Wales which is 25.5 per 1,000 related births and with the figure for the 160 County Boroughs and great towns which is 25.2 per 1,000. There were 104 deaths in 1954 in infants under the age of one year as compared with 115 in 1953. 68 of these deaths were in the neo-natal period or first four weeks of life.