[Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Leicestershire / County of Leicester County Council.

  • Leicestershire (England). County Council.
Date:
1938
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Credit: [Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Leicestershire / County of Leicester County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    lirth rate per 1,000 population : 15.3. Still births : 174. Rate per 1,000 total births : 36.2. Deaths : Total 3,171. Death rate 10.48. Number of women dying in or in consequence of childbirth : Sepsis 3. Other causes 12. Total 15. Rate per 1,000 total births : 3.12. Deaths of infants under one year of age per 1,000 live births : Legitimate 43.7. Illegitimate 55.6. Total rate per 1,000, 44.0. >eaths from Measles (all ages) . 5 ,, ,, Whooping Cough (all ages). 3 „ ,, Diarrhoea (under two years) .... .... .... 8 nfant Mortality. The infant mortality rate for 1938 is returned as 44, which is an im- rovement on the figure of 49 recorded last year. The rate for England id Wales for the same period is 53. This rate of 44 is, with the exception 41 in 1934, the lowest recorded in the county. The average infant ortality rate for the last five years is 47.4. In the five years previous > the War (1910—1914 inclusive) it averaged 92.6. Infant Mortality. Year URBAN RURAL WHOLE COUNTY Rate for England and Wales No. Rate No. Rate No. Rate 1934 69 37 125 43 194 41 59 1935 90 53 131 50 221 51 57 1936 107 53 124 52 231 52 59 1937 103 49 117 49 220 49 58 1938 109 49 95 40 204 44 53 eaths. The death rate of the county (10.48) shows a decrease compared with at of the preceding year (11.89). The death rate for England and Wales r 1938 is 11.6. The total number of deaths in the county in 1938 was 3,171 as corn- red with 3.577 in 1937.