[Report 1935] / Medical Officer of Health, Dudley County Borough.

  • Dudley (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1935
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Credit: [Report 1935] / Medical Officer of Health, Dudley County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    BARTHS. The total number of births (live and still births) according to the Registrar-General was 1,123 (males 559, and females 564). Of this number 48 were still births. The Birth Rate works out to 18.59, last year(1934) it was 17.76. The Birth Rate for England and Wales was 15.32 and for 12] Great Towns it was 15.48. In the number of births are included 25 illegitimate births, 11 males and 14 females. The Birth Rates for Dudley since 1913 have been : — Year. Total Births. Birth Rate per 1000 1913 1470 28.28 1918 1355 25.09 1923 1314 22.71 1924 1290 22.01 1925 1309 22.02 1926 1335 22.60 1927 1219 20.53 1928 1196 20.14 1929 1107 18.80 1930 1219 20.72 1931 1220 20.31 1932 1181 19\76 1933 1115 18.54 1934 1071 17.76 ■ 1935 1123 18.59