[Report 1905] / Medical Officer of Health, Huddersfield County Borough.

  • Huddersfield (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1905
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Credit: [Report 1905] / Medical Officer of Health, Huddersfield County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    IQ The following table shows the average annual number of marriages in the Borough and in the Huddersfield Union in five yearly periods from 1876 to 1900, and the numbers for the years 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, and 1905. Periods. Borough of Huddersfield. Huddersfield Poor Law Union. Average Population of the Borough. 1876-80 820 1178 78919 1881-85 852 1247 84633 1886-90 843 1279 91440 1891-95 844 1298 95338 1896-00 882 1384 95157 1901 863 1370 95047 1902 973 1491 95010 1903 914 1422 94973 1904 931 1484 94936 1905 900 1341 94899 Births. In Tables A and No. 7 (post) will be found details of the birth-rates in the various districts of the Borough. The following short statement gives the population, births, and birth-rate for the years 1872, 1882, 1892, and 1902. Year Population. Births. Birth-rate. 1872 71,780 2,682 37.5 1882 83,271 2,562 30.8 1892 95,376 2,214 no o • 1 • O • iJ 1902 95,010 2,354 24.4 It will be seen that the birth-rate) underwent a reduction of 35 per cent in 20 years, and that it has apparently become stationary at about 23 or 24 per 1,000 population.