[Report 1896] / Medical Officer of Health, St Helens County Borough.

St. Helens (Merseyside, England). County Borough Council.

Date:: 1896

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Credit: [Report 1896] / Medical Officer of Health, St Helens County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The causes producing the high mortality rates among young infants were indicated in the Annual Report for 1895. The causes of death at each age group and in each Ward are set out in Table I) at the end of this Report. INFANTILE MORTALITY RATE. This rate shows the number of deaths of children under one year of age %j o per 1000 births. In 1896 it was 177 as against 181 in the preceding year, and a mean rate of 169'8 in the preceding 10 years. In England and Wales it was 148 in 1896. INFANT MORTALITY RATE. YEAR. England and Wales. St. Helens. 1885 188 168 1886 149 172 1887 145 163 1888 186 151 1889 144 177 1890 151 170 1891 149 180 1892 147 147 1898 159 196 1894 137 161 1895 161 181 1896 148 177 In Tables E and F the rates in other towns are indicated.