[Report 1922] / Medical Officer of Health, Ashton-in-Makerfield U.D.C.

  • Ashton-in-Makerfield (England). Urban District Council. n 78087965.
Date:
1922
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Credit: [Report 1922] / Medical Officer of Health, Ashton-in-Makerfield U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Birth Rate.—The rate for the year, 2T4, is again considerably less than the previous year, and less than 1920 by 10 per 1,000 of the population. The actual figures are for 1922 : 497 births (252 males and 245 females) ; for 1921 ; 604 births ; and for 1920 : 698. Column 3, Table I. shows the figures for the pa.st six years. Illegitimate births were 10, against 14 for 1921. The Births Notification Act works remarkably well, and in conjunction with the local Eegistrar we are able to keep an accurate account of this work. I have appended a list of the births notified each month and classi- fied. Of course the figures do not quite correspond with the registered totals owing to })eriod allowed for registration. Births Notified FOR THE Year 1922. Notified by Still- Illegitimate. Mid Total. Living. births. Live. Still. Doctors. wives. January .. 37 35 2 0 0 0 37 February .. 44 41 3 0 0 1 43 March . . 32 31 1 1 0 1 31 A])ril .. 49 47 2 2 0 2 47 May . . 59 53 6 0 1 3 56 June .. 53 53 0 1 0 2 51, July.. . . 44 41 3 1 0 2 42 August .. 42 42 0 2 0 6 36 )Se])tember .. .. 47 45 2 0 0 4 43 October .. 34 32 2 0 0 2 32 November . . .. 43 .42 1 0 0 1 42 December . . . . 45 45 0 0 0 1 44 Year’s Total .. 529 507 22 8 1 25 504 Mortality.—In Tables III. and IV. I have classified the deaths during the year as returned to me week by week by the local Registrar. The cause and age incidence is shown in Table III. for all ages, and in Table IV. Infant Mortality. Table Ilia, is a copy of the corrected return made by the Regis- trar Generai. The number of deaths registered in the district was 274. To this must be added the death of 46 persons usually resident in the dis- trict but dying outside. Against this there is a deduction of 4 deaths of non-