[Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Westmorland County Council.

Westmorland (England). County Council.

Date:: 1956

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Credit: [Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Westmorland County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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BIRTH RATE, 1955-56. Birth Rate per 1,000 estimated resident population. District. 1955. 1956. Urban. Appleby .. 12.7 12.3 Kendal 13.9 13.3 Lakes 10.4 10.4 Windermere 10. 0 11.0 Rural. North Westmorland 16.3 17.0 South Westmorland 16.6 14.0 Westmorland .. 14.4 13.8 England & Wales .. i 1 15.0 15.7 The Birth Rates in the table above are calculated using the com¬ parability factor supplied for the purpose by the Registrar-General. Live Births registered in the last five years were as follows :— Year. Number of births 1952. 1953. 1954. 948 937 863 1955. 1956. 910 869