[Report 1911] / Medical Officer of Health, Chorley Borough.

  • Chorley (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1911
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Credit: [Report 1911] / Medical Officer of Health, Chorley Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE D. Causes of Death. No. of Deaths, 1911. Average for Five Years, 1906-1910. No. of Deaths, 1910. No, of Deaths, 1909. No. of Deaths, 1908. No. of Deaths, 1907. No. of Deaths, 1906. Enteric Fever ... 2 2.8 1 5 4 1 3 Measles ... 20 13.2 2 28 1 23 12 Scarlet Fever ... 17 1.0 1 2 1 • • • 1 Whooping Cough 1 7.0 5 2 16 7 5 Diphtheria and Croup .. 12 6.2 7 9 2 7 6 Influenza 3 2.6 1 2 4 3 3 Phthisis Pulmonalis Other Tubercular 26 29.2 35 30 31 26 24 Diseases 11 12.8 14 9 11 19 11 Cancer ... 19 17.4 19 14 18 17 19 Bronchitis Pneumonia and Broncho- 27 37.0 30 47 33 31 44 Pneumonia ... Other Respiratory 49 45.2 26 69 32 52 47 ■ Diseases 6 4.4 5 7 2 4 4 Diarrhoea and Enteritis Alcoholism and Cirrhosis 47 21.4 23 12 26 18 28 of Liver 4 3.2 3 5 2 3 3 Puerperal Fever 1 1.4 4 • .. . . . . 2 1 Premature Birth Diseases of Pregnancy 9 12.8 13 13 11 15 12 and Parturition 1 1.8 • • • 1 4 1 3 Violent Deaths... 13 12.2 8 17 15 12 9 Suicides... 4 3.6 3 4 3 3 5 All other causes 234 223.4 211 211 241 233 221 Totals ... 506 458.6 411 487 457 477 461 Ill the above Table (Table D) I arrange the Deaths of Residents in 1911 under the respective causies' to which they were due, and compare them with the average number of Deaths due to the same cause in the preceding five years (1906-1910), and with the number of Deaths from each cause in each of these five years. Compared with the average of the five years (1906-1910) there was a decided increaise in the number of Deaths due to Measles, Scarlet Fever, Dilphtheria, Diarrhoea, and Causes not specified ; whilst the number of Deaths due to Phthisis Pulmonalis and to Lung Diseases were somewhat below the average. A similar result occurs if you compare the number of Deaths due tO' each cause in 1911 and 1910', except that the Deaths from Lung Diseases in 1911 were more instead of less than those due to these causes in 1910. The Infantile Mortality, that is, the proportion between the number of Deaths under one year of age and the number of Births registered, was.