[Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Hitchin R.D.C.

  • Hitchin (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1959
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Credit: [Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Hitchin R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    LOCAL STATISTICS Area (in acres) .... .... .... .... .... .... 81,324 Home Population - Registrar-General’s estimate for mid-1959 ••• 22,680 Number of inhabited houses at 1st April i960 (estd.) .. .... 7,446 Rateable Value - 1st April i960 .... .... .... .... £193,238 Sum represented by Penny Rate (estimate 1960/61) .... .... £772 EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1959 HITCHIN Comparable rate RURAL for England and LIVE BIRTHS Totals Male Female DISTRICT Wales Legitimate 349 195 154 Illegitimate 10 6 4 359 201 158 Rate per 1,000 population 15.8 l6«5 Illegitimate live births per cent of total live births 2,8 STILL BIRTHS Totals Male Female Legitimate 321 Illegitimate - 5 2 1 Rate per 1,000 total live and still births 8.3 20.7 TOTAL LIVE AND STILL BIRTHS Total Male Female 362 203 159 DEATHS Total Male Female 246 138 108 Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population • • » 10.8 11.6