[Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Northampton County Borough.
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- Publication/creation
- 1960
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- Northampton (England). County Borough Council.
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Electronic books
Annual reports
MOH reports
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Disease Outbreaks
Public Health
Sanitation
Water Supply
Northampton (England)
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Statistics and Social Conditions (continued)
Births. 1,686 live births (874 males, 812 females) were registered,
giving a birth-rate of 16*7 per thousand of the estimated civilian
population, compared with 17-1 for England and Wales.
Table 1 gives the birth-rates for the last decennium compared with
those for England and Wales.
Table 1. England and Wales and Northampton C.B., 1951—1960.
Live Birth-rates in Each Year of the Decennium.
England and Wales
Northampton
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
15-5
14*6
15-3
14*1
15*5
14*5
15*2
13*4
15*0
13*2
15*7
13*8
16*1
15*0
16*4
15*6
1959
16-5
16*2
1960
17-1
16*7
The adjusted birth-rate for Northampton County Borough (calculated
by multiplying the crude rate by the Registrar-General’s area comparability
factor of 1 03) was 17*2.
121 (7*2 per cent.) of the live births were illegitimate. In England and
Wales the percentage was 5-4. The percentages for the last ten years are
shewn in Table 2.
Table 2. England and Wales and Northampton C.B., 1951—1960.
Illegitimate Live Births Expressed as a Percentage of Total Live
Births.
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
England and Wales ...
4*8
4*6
4*6
4*6
4*5
4*6
4*6
4*9
5*1
5*4
Northampton .
5*8
5*5
5*6
6*4
6*3
6*1
6*4
7*1
6*9
7*2
Deaths. 1,299 deaths (657 males, 642 females) were registered, equal
to a death-rate of 12*8, compared with 11-5 for England and Wales.
Table 3 gives the local and national death-rates for the last ten years.
Table 3. England and Wales and Northampton C.B., 1950—1960.
Death-rates in Each Year of the Decennium.
England and Wales ...
Northampton .
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
12*5
13*6
11*3
11*8
11*4
12*9
11*3
11*9
11*7
12*0
11*7
12*7
11*5
12*1
11*7
13*2
11*6
13*4
11*5
12*8