[Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Leigh Borough.

  • Leigh (Lancashire, England). Borough Council.
Date:
1960
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Credit: [Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Leigh Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The following Is a summary of the principal statistics for the year 1?60:- Leigh England & Wales Population 47,240 45,755,000 Number of deaths (corrected) 555 526,278 Death Rate (per 1,000 population) 14.6 11.5 Number of Live Births registered (corrected) 750 782,673 Number of Illegitimate Births 13 Percentage of Illegitimate Live Births 2.53 Live Birth Rate (per 1,000 population) 15.7 17.1 Number of Stillbirths (corrected) 22 15,734 Stillbirth rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 28.5 13.7 jjumber of Infant Deaths 15 16,761 Infant Mortality Rate per 1,000 live births 20 21.7 Infant Mortality Rate per 1,000 legitimate births 20.5 Infant Mortality Rate per 1,000 illegitimate births 52.6 Neo-natal Mortality Rate (first four weeks) per 1,000 related live births 16 15.6 Pori-natal Mortality Rate per 1,000 total births 40.2 32.3 Maternal Deaths (excluding abortion) Nil 2.48 Maternal Mortality Rate (including abortion) per 1,000 total births Nil 0.33 Number of Deaths from all forms of Tuberculosis 2 3.426 Death Rate per 1,000 population from all forms of Tuberculosis 0.04 0.075 Number of deaths from Neoplasms - Lung Bronchus 10 21,332 Death Rate per 1,000 population from Neoplasms - Lung Bronchus 0.21 0.48