[Report 1956] / Abingdon and Faringdon Districts Joint Public Health Committee.

  • Abingdon and Faringdon Districts. Joint Public Health Committee.
Date:
1956
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Credit: [Report 1956] / Abingdon and Faringdon Districts Joint Public Health Committee. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    VITAL STATISTICS In this first section are collected the various tables which summarise the vital statistics of the three Authorities grouped together. It is followed by sections which deal separately with matters affecting the health of each Authority. AREA AND POPULATION The following table shows the area of each district with the estimated popu- lation at the middle of 1956. The table shows that the population density of Abingdon Borough and Faringdon Rural Districts are very close to the national averages for England and Wales. Abingdon Rural District, however, has a density three times that of the average (.20) and only one-third of this excess is due to the parishes which are on the outskirts of Oxford, namely, Ciimnor, North Hinksey and Kennington. District Area in Acres Est. Mid- 1956 Pop. Increase on 1955, Persons per acre Abingdon Borough 1,754 12,570 430 7.16 Abingdon Rural District 41,185 26,950 1560 .65 Faringdon Rural District 55,726 13,710 260 .25 Totals 98,665 53,230 2250 .53 BIRTHS AND DEATHS The following table shows the totals of Births and Deaths and the ‘ corrected ’ rates per 1,000 of Population. ‘ Corrected ’ rates are those which take due account of the actual age and sex composition of each area by being multi- plied by the ‘ comparability factor ’ supplied by the Registrar General. They may then be fairly compared with those of the nation as a whole, or with the corrected rates of any other area. The factors for Births and Deaths are as follows : Abingdon Borough .93 : 1.21 ; Abingdon Rural District 1.01 : 1.28 and Faringdon Rural District 1.04 : 1.15. (Figures for 1955 are in brackets). District Births Birth rate per 1000 of Pop. Deaths Death rate per 1000 of Pop. Abingdon Borough 284 (254) 20.9 111 (132) 10.7 Abingdon Rural 554 (521) 20.7 216 (199) 10.2 Faringdon Rural 259 (262) 19.6 no (124) 9.2 Totals 1097 (1037) 20.5 437 (455) lO.I England and Wales 15.7 (15.0) 11.7 (11.7) INFANT MORTALITY District 1 Deaths of Infants Live Infant Mortality under 1 year Births per 1000 live births Abingdon Borough 6 275 21.8 Abingdon Rural District 7 546 12.8 Faringdon Rural District 3 254 11.8 Totals 16 (19) 1075 (1024) 14.9 (18.5) England and Wales 23.8 (24.9)