[Report 1903] / Medical Officer of Health, St Helens County Borough.

  • St. Helens (Merseyside, England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1903
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Credit: [Report 1903] / Medical Officer of Health, St Helens County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    BIRTHS. The number of Births registered during 1903 was 3,421. This number is 199 above that registered in 1902, The birth-rate, therefore is 39-14 per 1000 of the population. In the following Table will be found the number of births registered during the years 1893 to 1903 and the birth rate for each year:— YEAR. 1st Quarter. 2nd Quarter. 1893 . 745 747 1894 . 781 716 1895 . 884 796 1896 . 111 783 1897 . 823 769 1898 . 896 776 1899 . 802 762 1900 . 886 743 1901 . 815 765 1902 . 848 798 Mean of ] 825 765 10 years j ( Males... 403 439 Females 416 406 1903 Total ... 819 845 Rate per [ 1000 37-4 38 6 3rd Quarter. 4th Quarter. Totals. Rate per 1000 per year. 776 731 3029 40-1 653 732 2882 37-0 775 710 3165 32-8 714 768 3042 37*4 813 788 3193 38-5 767 823 3262 38*4 763 788 3115 35-9 768 701 3098 35-0 792 756 3128 36-9 801 775 3222 37-4 762 757 3113 36'9 428 482 1752 391 456 1669 Y 39-14 819 938 3421 J 37’4 42'9 In England and Wales the birth-rate during 1903 was 28-4 per 1000 of the population, it is 1-0 per 1000 below the average rate of the previous ten years ; that of St. Helens being 2*24 above the mean of the previous ten years.