[Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Cheltenham Borough.

  • Cheltenham (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1947
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Credit: [Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Cheltenham Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SUMMARY OF GENERAL AND VITAL STATISTICS, 1947. Area of borough (in acres)—5,146. rCensus 1931, Corrected Figure... ... 49,418 Population <; Registrar General’s Estimates : Population, Midyear, 1947 ... 61,810 Number of inhabited houses (1) (structurally separate) (Census 1931—12,272.) According to Rate Books. End 1947—14,199. (2) Flats, Hotels, Occupied Shops, Etc. End 1947 ... 1,169. Number of families or separate occupiers (Census 1921)—11,862. (Census 1931)—13,211. Rateable value £505,016. Sum represented by a penny rate £2,050. EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR 1947. M. E. Totals Rate Live Births—Legitimate ' Illegitimate (Birth Rate Engd. & Wales 20.5) Totals Still Births—Legitimate Illegitimate Totals 617 48 601 47 1218 95 Birth Rate per 1000 Civilian population. 21.2 665 648 1313 12 3 18 1 30 4 Still Birth Rate per 1000 Live and Still Births 25.2 15 19 34 (Death Rate Engd.& Wales 12.0) DEATHS 398 528 926 Death Rate per 1000 population 15.0 Cheltenham deaths from Puerperal Causes Deaths Per 1000 Total Live and Still Births Cheltenham England & Wales Puerperal Sepsis Other Puerperal Causes Totals 1 1 0.76 0.76 0.16 0.85 2 1.52 1.01 Deaths of Infants under one year of age. Rate per 1000 Live Births M F Totals C/icItciiliciin England & irf/Zes 41 Legitin'iate Illegitimate Totals 28 3 24 1 52 4 42.6 31 25 56 Deaths from Cancer (all ages)- 137. Dcatlis from Measles (all ages)— 0. Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages)—3. Deaths from Diarrhoea (under two years of age)—6.