[Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Whitehaven Borough.

  • Whitehaven (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1951
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Credit: [Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Whitehaven Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A—STATISTICAL SUMMARY. I.—General Statistics. Area of Borough in acres. 4,315 Registrar General’s estimate of resident population (mid-year, 1951) .^ 24,480 Number of Inhabited Houses (end of 1951) accord¬ ing to Rate Books . 6,706 Rateable Value (1st April, 1951). £117,218 Sum represented by a Penny Rate . £469 EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR. BIRTHS. Male. Female. Total. Live Births—Legitimate ... 263 220 483 —Illegitimate ... 8 9 17 Total ., .. 271 229 500 Crude Birth Rate per 1,000 of Population 20.4 Adjusted Birth Rate per 1,000 of Population 20.6 Male. Female. Total. Still Births—Legitimate 9 6 15 —Illegitimate . 1 1 2 Total . 10 7 17 Rate per 1,000 total births 32.9