[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Warrington County Borough.

  • Warrington (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1937
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Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Warrington County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Live Births { Legitimate .... Illegitimate.... Total 1314 33 M. 694 19 F. 6|4 | Birth Rate 17.1 Still Births. 63 Rate per 1000 total births.44.6 Deaths. 985 Death Rate (Areal comparability Factor).... 15.0 Percentage of total deaths occurring in Public Institutions.45.8 Number of women dying in, or in con- ) from sepsis. — sequence of, childbirth.j from other causes. 2 Deaths of Infants under One year of age per 1000 live births. 82 Legitimate 107 ; Illegitimate 4 Total . Ill Deaths from Measles (All ages) . 1 „ „ Whooping Cough (All ages) . 3 „ ,, Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) . 6 POPULATION.—The Registrar-General’s estimate for the mid-year 1937, was 78,500 (compared with the 1931 Census figures of 79,322), and last year’s estimate of 79,200. BIRTHS.—There were 1,560 births registered of children born in this borough in 1937 ; 233 births belonged to parents resident outside Warrington, while 20 children were born outside the borough to parents resident within. Deducting the 233 births from the total registered, 1,560, and adding the 20 births, we have accredited to Warrington 1,347 births (694 males and 653 females). The birth-rate for Warrington per 1,000 living of the population was 17.1 in 1937, compared with 16.0 in 1936, and 14.9 for England and Wales as a whole. The total number of illegitimate births was 33 (19 males, 14 females), a decrease from the previous year’s total, when 52 such children were born (24 males and 28 females). MARRIAGES.—There were 859 marriages during the year, the rate per 1,000 of population being 10.9. In 1936 there were 837 marriages, giving a rate of 10.5. DEATHS.—1,109 deaths were registered as occurring in the Borough during 1937. Of these, however, 169 were non-residents. During the same period, 45 deaths have been reported as having occurred outside the district of persons usually resident in Warrington. Adding these and deducting the non-residents we have a total of 985 deaths accredited to Warrington for 1937, compared with 987 in 1936. This gives us a death-rate of 12.5 per 1,000 persons living during 1937, compared with 12.4 in 1936 and 12.02 in 1935. The death-rate for England and Wales was 12.4 ; for the 125 County Boroughs and Great Towns 12.5 ; and for London 12.3.