[Report 1913] / Medical Officer of Health, West Lancashire R.D.C.

  • West Lancashire (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1913
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Credit: [Report 1913] / Medical Officer of Health, West Lancashire R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Rural North Meols, 3 belonging to Liverpool, 2 to Ormskirk, 1 to Walton, and 1 to St. Helens, must be deducted. This gives a net total of 262, of which number 132 were males, and 130 females. The resulting Annual Death-rate calculated as in previous years is 12-85 per 1,000, which is 2-33 higher than that for 1912, and -05 higher than the average of the ten pre¬ ceding years. This Death-rate has, according to instructions issued by the Registrar General, to be standardised, and the result is that the rate becomes 12-56 per 1,000 of the popula¬ tion instead of 12-85. Epidemic Death-rate.—The seven principal Epidemic Diseases were responsible for 18 deaths :—Diphtheria 6, Scar¬ let Fever 2, Measles 4, Diarrhoea 6. The Annual rate is -88, that for 1912 being -63, and the average of the ten preceding years being -85. Infantile Mortality-rate. — Thirty-nine deaths of children under the age of one year were registered, one in Ormskirk Workhouse must be added, and one belonging to Liverpool deducted, giving 39 net. This number gives an Annual Infantile Mortality-rate of 94 per 1,000 Births, that for 1912 being 67, and the average of the ten preceding years 93. One of these infants was illegitimate being 2-5 per cent, of the total infantile deaths. On page 9 is a table which give the rates for various diseases, with those for the previous ten years for comparison. It may be mentioned that the rates for Phthisis Pulmonalis, Measles, Diphtheria, Premature Birth, and Cancer, are all above the average. There were 90 deaths of persons over the age of 65 years,, being 34 per cent, of the total number of deaths.