[Report 1900] / Medical Officer of Health, West Lancashire R.D.C.

  • West Lancashire (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1900
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Credit: [Report 1900] / Medical Officer of Health, West Lancashire R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Zymotic Death Rate.—Twenty-four Deaths were registered as due to the seven principal Zymotic Diseases and were as follows :—Diphtheria 4, Enteric (or Tyhoid) Fever 2, Scarlet Fever 3, Measles 2, Whooping Cough 2, Diarrhoea 11. This gives a Zymotic Death=rate of *86 per 1000 of the population, which is slightly less than that of -94 for 1899, and also than 1*21 the average of the 10 preceding years. Infant Mortality.—The number of Deaths of Children under one year of age was 84, equal to an Infant Mortality Rate of 123 per 1000 Births, which is less than that of 144 for the previous year, but is slightly above that of 122, the average of the previous ten years. The following Table compares the foregoing rates with those of England and Wales, and with some of those for the Adminis¬ trative County of Lancaster. Deaths and other Rates for England and Wales, Lancashire, and the West Lancashire Rural District. j Birth-rate per 1000 living. Death-rate per 1000 living. Zymotic Death-rate per 1000 living. Infant Mortality per 1000 Births. England and Wales . 28-9 18-3 2-00 154 Rural England and Wales... • • • 17-5 1-57 138 Lancashire ... • • • 17-1 D49* • • • Urban Lancashire . • • . 17-4 • • • Rural Lancashire . • • • 14-9 • • • ... West Lancashire Rural District . 25-85 14-23 •86 123 * Excluding deaths from Diarrhoea, which are included in the other Zymotic Death-rates. The Death-rate from Phthisis Fulmonalis, or Consumption, was *81 per 1000, which is less than IT7, the average of the pre¬ vious ten years. That for Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy was 2*29 per 1000, the average for the ten preceding years being 2*71. The rate for Influenza again showed an increase, being *81, the average of the ten preceding years being •41. The rate for Cancer was *6i, being the highest recorded for the district. The rate for Old Age was *96, the average of the previous ten years being 1*51.