[Report 1905] / Medical Officer of Health, Wallasey Local Board / U.D.C. / County Borough.

  • Wallasey (England). Local Board.
Date:
1905
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Credit: [Report 1905] / Medical Officer of Health, Wallasey Local Board / U.D.C. / County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    No. of Deaths. into account, together with the increase from immigration into the District, I estimate the population at the middle of 1905, i.e., the mean population—at 58,500, so that instead of adding on 1,000 per annum, as I have lately done, I add 1,500, as I estimated the population up to the middle of 1904 at 57,000. This takes no account of the Floating Population, viz., those on board vessels, flats, &c., in our portion of the Docks and River. The Registrar-General estimates our population, at the middle of 1905, as 62,480, but he simply adds about 2,000 per annum, as that was the rate of increase between 1891 and 1901—the census years, and I feel sure we are not growing at this rapid rate since 1901. It will be noticed that the largest increase of new houses has taken place in Discard—the great development of the Stoneby Estate largely accounting for this. The Deaths in 1905 registered in our District amounted to 748, as compared with 882 in 1904. This, however, gives a false impression, because of these Deaths, 25 were those of visitors to the District, while on the other hand, 49 persons belonging to the District died in institutions in other places, viz., 33 in Tranmere Workhouse, 2 in Birkenhead Hospitals, and 12 in Liverpool Hospitals, and 2 in an Institution near Liverpool. 748 less 25 = 723. 723 plus 49 = 772. Recorded Death-Rate. Those 772 Deaths give a Recorded Death-Rate of 13.19 per 1,000 per annum—the lowest Death-Rate on record in this District. In 1902 it was 13.69, but in that year the deaths of visitors were deducted, whilst the deaths of residents in institutions outside the District were not added on, since no return of these was made to me till the last three years. On the basis of 748 Deaths, our Death-Rate for the past vear would be as low as 12.78. Corrected Death-Rate. _The Registrar-General has introduced a still further correction to give as far as possible, a uniformity for age and sex in the population of the 76 Great Towns, among which Wallasey now ranks. This was