[Report 1967] / Medical Officer of Health, Huddersfield County Borough.

  • Huddersfield (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1967
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Credit: [Report 1967] / Medical Officer of Health, Huddersfield County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1967 Situation of the Borough: Elevation: Area of the Borough: Population: Density of Population: Latitude varies from 53°3G'28//N. to 53°41'40N Longitude varies from 1°43'26W. to 1°53'36W Varies from 150 feet to 1,246 feet above sea level. 14,147 acres. 1961 Census—130,302. Estimated by the Registrar-General at the middle of 1967—132,120. 9.34 persons per acre Number of Inhabited Houses: 1961—46,202 Number of Inhabited Houses (According to Rate Books): 1st April 1968—46,664. Rateable Value of the County Borough 1st April 1968 £4,471,567 Estimated product of a Id. rate: (1968/1969). £17'920. Live Births Number . . . . . . . . . . „ . .. .. .. 2,379 Rate per 1000 population . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.00 Illegitimate Live Births per cent, of total live births . . . . . . 11.89 Stillbirths Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Rate per 1000 total live and still births . . . . . . . . 21.79 Total Live and Still Births. . .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,432 Infant Deaths (deaths under 1 year) . . . . . . . . . . 81 Infant Mortality Rates Total infant deaths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 per 1,000 total live births Legitimate infant deaths per 1,000 legitimate live births . . . . . . . . . . 32 Illegitimate infant deaths per 1,000 illegitimate live births . . . . . . .. .. 49 Neo-natal Mortality Rate (deaths under 4 weeks per 1,000 total live births) . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.29 Early Neo-natal Mortality Rate (deaths under 1 week per 1,000 total live births) 16.82 Perinatal Mortality Rate (stillbirths and deaths under 1 week combined per 1,000 total live and still births) 37.00 Maternal Mortality (including abortion) Number of deaths 2 Rate per 1,000 total live and still births 0.82 Death rate—all causes 13.00