[Report 1912] / Medical Officer of Health, Wigan County Borough.

Wigan (England). County Borough Council.

Date:: 1912

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Credit: [Report 1912] / Medical Officer of Health, Wigan County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS ACT, 1907- This Act has been adopted and has now been in operation since the 6th of June, 1910. Subjoined are the Infantile Death-rates for 1912 and 1911 :— INFANTILE DEATH-RATES, 1912. Month. Deaths, all Causes. Births. Rate per 1,000 Births. Diarrhoea Deaths. Rate per 1,000 Births. J anuary . 16 206 77 102 February . 24 234 1 4 March. 34 287 118 1 3 April. 23 201 114 Mav . 26 209 124 5 23 J une . 34 247 137 3 12 J ul v . 31 186 166 5 26 August . 38 221 171 9 40 September . 26 175 148 6 34 October . 21 198 106 November. 20 221 90 1 4 December . 30 179 167 Transferable . 1 24 324 2,588 125 31 11 Rate per 1,000 Births for 12 months, 125. Average for the last 10 years (1903-1912), 162. INFANTILE DEATH-RATES, 1911. Month. Deaths, all Causes. Births. Rate per 1,000 Births. Diarrhoea Deaths. Rate per 1,000 Births. J anuary . 17 219 77 February . 29 200 145 1 5 March . 33 185 178 April . 34 236 144 1 4 May . 14 197 71 J une . 25 186 134 5 26 J ulv . 34 228 149 19 83 August . 85 173 491 97 560 September . 76 190 400 58 305 October . 39 208 139 18 86 November. 32 176 181 2 11 December . 48 235 204 2 8 Transferable. . . . 4 8 less 470 2,425 193 203 83 Rate per 1,000 Births for 12 months, 193. Average for the last 10 years (1902-1911), 165. EDUCATION ACT, 1902 & 1904. The report on the work done under these Acts is given in the School Medical Officer’s report.