[Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Beaminster R.D.C.

  • Beaminster (Dorset, England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1956
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Credit: [Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Beaminster R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PUBLIC HEALTH STAFF. Medical Officer of Health Adam Arrait, M.B,, Ch.B. , D.P.H.. Public Health Inspector and Meat Inspector C. G. Bundle, M.R. S.H. , M.A.P.H. I.. Clerk to the Medical Officer Miss B.E. Lawrence. STATISTICS OF THE AREA. Area in acres. .. .. .. .. .. 58,693- Registrar General’s estimate of population .. .. 8,140. No. of inhabited houses (according to the Rate Books as at the end of 1956) .. 2,769. Rateable Value. .. .. .. .. .. .. £70,706. Sura represented by a Penny Rate .. ,. .. £288. EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS. Live Births. M- !• Total Births. Legitimate. Illegitimate. 47- 4d-. 68. 3. 6. Birth Rate per 1,000 estimated resident population - 14r86 Crude. 17. '^9 Corrected Comparability Factor I.I5. Still Births. M- I- Total Still Births. Legitimate. Illegitimate. • • 1—11—1 1 Still Birth Rate per 1,000 estimated resident population - 0.74- Deaths of Infants under 1 year of Aece. Tot al• Legitimate. Illegitimate. M. F. - 4. - 2. 2. Death Rate all Infants per 1,000 notified Births - 33.1- Dearths of Infants under 4 weeks of ine. Total. Legitimate. Illegitimate. M, F. 3. 2. 1. Death Rate of Infants under 4 weeks per 1,000 notified births - 24<,8. Deaths from Puerperal Causes... • I—1 •H 9 Me.tema.l Mortalitv Ra.te per 1,000 live and. still births...... Nil. Deaths a.t all af2:es and from all Causes. Total. F. 61. 64. Death Rate per 1,000 estimated resident population - 15?-:^6 Crude. 12. 74 Correct O' Comparability Factor 0,83 Note. Corapr.rabilitv Factor. This is worked out for each District by the Registrar General; its object is to level out differences in the age aiid sen constitution of the populations of the various Districts and its use enables us to obtain standardised birth and death rates ?/hich are aiore fairly comparable and more accurate than rhe crude rates,,