On the comparative mortality of English districts : an address / by H. Franklin Parsons.

  • Parsons, H. Franklin (Henry Franklin), 1846-1913.
Date:
1900
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Credit: On the comparative mortality of English districts : an address / by H. Franklin Parsons. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Surrey. The greater proportion of deaths in childbirth may possibly be in part an after-result of the prevalence of rickets,adisease common among badly-nourished children, but which makes little show7 in mortality statistics as a direct cause of death. We are prepared to find deaths T\blk XIII.—Average Annual Death-rates per 1000 Inhabitants, 1887-96. — Surrey. Lancashire. Excess in Lancashire. Excess in Surrey. Small-pox .00 .01 .01> Measles .28 .66 .38 Scarlet fever .06 .36 .30 Fever .10 .30 .20 -1.60 Diphtheria .26 .20 — .06 Whooping-cough .32 .50 .18 Diarrhoea ... .33 .92 .59^ Phthisis 1.36 1.70 .34 ) Tabes mesenterica .15 .30 .15 ' .62 Other tubercular diseases ... .34 .47 .13 1 Respiratory diseases 2.41 4.91 2.50 Influenza (1890-97) .38 .26 — .12 Cancer .70 .57 — .13 Diseases of circulation 1.58 1.67 .09 „ digestive system .89 1.33 .44 „ urinary system... .40 ,47 .07 „ generative system .04 .05 .01 Venereal diseases .06 .09 .03 Puerperal diseases .05 .10 .05 Childbirth .05 .09 .04 Premature birth .46 .59 .13 Other congenital affections ... .09 .12 .03 Debility .37 .83 .46 Convulsions and laryngismus .38 .90 .52 Other nervous diseases 1.85 1.75 — .10 Alcoholism and cirrhosis of .06 .10 .04 liver. Violence .52 .74 .22 Old age .68 .72 .04 Other causes .63 1.09 .46 Total 14.80 21.80 l a sn 7.41 A 1 .41 7.00 7.00 from violence more numerous in a coal-mining and manu- facturing county, but one would hardly have expected to find a larger proportion, however slight, of deaths from old age in Lancashire than in Surrey. The question now arises, wrhat are the circumstances c