[Report 1924] / Medical Officer of Health, County Palatine of Lancaster / Lancashire County Council.

  • Lancashire (England). County Council.
Date:
1924
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Credit: [Report 1924] / Medical Officer of Health, County Palatine of Lancaster / Lancashire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Administrative County of Lancaster. England and Wales. lear. | Total No. of Deatb-rate per 1,000 of population. Mortality per cent, of Death- rate. Mor¬ tality per cent. deaths. County. Urban. Rural. total deaths (County). of total deaths. 1914 1,523 0-87 0-89 0-69 6-2 1-04 7-5 1915 1,614 0-96 101 0-70 6-3 1-16 7-4 1916 1,685 1-04 1-07 0-81 7-2 1-17 8-2 1917 1,584 1-00 1-03 0-84 7-2 1-25 8-7 1918 1,652 1-07 M0 0-88 6-2 1-34 7-6 1919 1,339 0-80 0-81 0-75 5-7 0-99 7-3 1920 1.323 0-76 0-77 0-67 6 0 0-88 7-2 *1921 1,301 0-73 0-76 0-59 6-0 0-88 73 *1922 1,362 0-77 0-79 0-60 5-8 0-88 6-9 *1923 1,250 0-70 0-72 0-59 5-7 0-83 7-2 10 years’ average 1.463 0-87 0-89 0-71 6-2 1-04 7-5 *1924 1,215 0-68 0-70 0-54 5-4 0-84 6-9 * Exclusive of deaths from acute miliary tuberculosis, which were formerly included under “ pulmonary tuberculosis.” As the County tuberculosis death-rate cannot be corrected in this respect for years prior to 1921, the rates here given for England and Wales for those years remain uncorrected. In the year 1891, the County death-rate from “ pul¬ monary tuberculosis” corresponded to 1-49 per 1,000 of the population, and grouped into ten years’ periods the County death-rate was as follows 1894-1903 ... 1-10 per 1,000 of population. 1904-1913 ... 0-86 1914-1923 ... 0-87 Year 1924 ... 0-68 The following districts had the highest pulmonary tuber¬ culosis death-rates in 1924 :—Kirkham 1-57, Whitefield 1-53, Carnforth 1-21, Waterloo-with-Seaforth 1*16, Ulverston T10, Haydock 1-08, and Droylsden 1*06.