[Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Ripon City.

  • Ripon (England). City Council.
Date:
1952
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Credit: [Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Ripon City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Death rate of infants under one year of age : All Infants per 1,000 live births .. .. .. .. .. 18.18 Legitimate Infants per 1,000 legitimate births . . . . . . 19.11 Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 illegitimate births . . . . . . 0.00 Deaths from Measles (all ages) . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) . . . . . . . . 0 Deaths from Cancer (all ages) . . . . . . . . . . . . IS NOTES ON VITAL STATISTICS. Births. The birth rate has been adjusted by use of a comparability factor in order to make it comparable with the rates of other areas. The adjusted rate of 18.96 per 1,000 population is an increase on the rate for the previous year and compares with a rate of 15.3 for England and Wales. Deaths. The death rate has also been adjusted. The standardised death rate of 10.61 is lower than that for 19S1 (12.64) and is also lower than the national rate of 11.3. 48 deaths were due to heart and circulatory diseases, of which 20 were attributable to disease of the coronary arteries. Vascidar lesions of the nervous system accounted for 20 deaths, cancer of all sites for 15 and bronchitis or pneumonia for 9. These conditions therefore accounted for about two-thirds of the total deaths. Natural Increase of Population. The number of births exceeded the number of deaths by 47. Infantile Mortality. There were during the year three deaths of children under the age of 1 year. The infantile mortality rate of 18.18 is exactly half the rate for the previous year and compares very favourably with a rate of 27.6 for the whole country. All three deaths occurred during the first four weeks of life. Both the premature deaths occurred in hospital. TABLE I. Male Female Total Days 0-1 . . . . 2 - 2 - 7 -14 -31 .... - 1 1 Months - 6 . . . . - - - -12 ... . Total under 1 year . . 2 1 3 Maternal Mortality. 1952 was another year free from maternal death. No Bipon mother has died as a result of childbirth since 1947.