[Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Wisbech Borough and Port Health Authority.

  • Wisbech (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1948
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Credit: [Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Wisbech Borough and Port Health Authority. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    library Report the Medical Officer of for the year 1948 Health To the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of Wisbech. Gentlemen, I have the honour of submitting to you my report on the general health of the Borough for the past year, ending the 31st December, 1948. General Statistics. Area, 4666 Acres. Estimated resident population mid-1948, 17,380. Rateable value, £84,094. Sum realised by a penny rate, £322 : 18 : 3. Number of inhabited houses about 4,721. Live Births j Total f Legitimate 294 ^ Illegitimate 33 M. 165 14 F. 129 1 19 j 1 Birth rate per 1,000 of the > estimated resident population 1 mid-1948, 18*8 Stillbirths J f Legitimate 3 [ Illegitimate 3 1 2 1 1 l Rate per 1.000 total (live and i still) births, 18*01 Deaths 188 99 89 Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated average population 10*8 Rate per 1,000 total (live and Deaths still) births Deaths from puerperal causes— Puerperal sepsis ... ... 0 ... 0 Other puerperal causes ... 0 ... 0 Death rate of Infants under 1 year of age— All infants per 1,000 live births ... ... ... ... 36*6 Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births ... 30'6 Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 90*9 Deaths from cancer (all ages) ... ... ... ... ... 36 Deaths from measles (all ages) ... ... ... ... ... 0 Deaths from whooping cough (all ages)... ... ... ... 2 Deaths from Diarrhoea (under two years of age) ... .. 0 The comparable figures for towns of approximately the same size are as follows: Birth rate per 1,000... . . ... ... 19*2 Death rate per 1,000 ... ... ... 10*7 Death rate of infants under 1 year of age 32