[Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Rutland County.

  • Rutland (England). County Council.
Date:
1942
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Credit: [Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Rutland County. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    EaTRaCT brom vital statistics Live Births* Legitimate Males 163. Females 158. Total 321 Illegitimate If 7 If V ft 14 Total If 170 M 165 ff 335 BIRTH RATE 17.6 stillbirths Males 6? Females 6: Total 12 Rate per 1000 total births 34.5 Rate per 1000 of population 0.63 Deaths Males 102. Females 112. Total 214 DEATH RATE 11.2 Diaths of infants under 1 year of age per 1000 live births Legitimate 10 Rate 31.1 Illegitimate 0 .0 Total 10 29.8 Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, childbirth •- From sepsis 0 From other causes 1 Deaths from Measles ( all ages) 0 Deaths from Whooping Cough ” 1 Deaths from Diarrhoea ( under 2 yrs)0 The rateable value of the County is £111,265, and the product of a penny rate is £459. The birth rate for England and Wales was 15.4; in the 126 great towns 17.4; in the 148 smaller towns 18.4, and in London 14.0. In England and Wales the stillbirth rate was 0.54 per 1000 of the population; in the 126 great towns 0.66; in the 148 smaller towns 0.62, and in the London administrative County 0.48. There has been a considerable increase in the number of births in Rutland during the last years, the figures for the last five years being 1938- 252; 1939 - 256; 1940 - 288; 1941 - 315; 1942 - 335. During the first Great Vifar in the years 1915 to 1918 the births numbered 376; 311; 272; 263. This may be explained by the greater number of men then serving overseas.