[Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Darwen Borough.

  • Darwen (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1925
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Credit: [Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Darwen Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The inhahitants are chiefly of the artisan and labouring classes. The chief occupations include (iotton Weaving, Paper Making, Fire Cla}- and Iron Workers. Number of inhabited houses (1921), 10,082 ; (1925), 10,249. Number of families or sejiarate occupiers (1921), 10,145. Rateable Value, ^,'219,779 5s. Od. Sum represented by a penny rate, £^834. EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1925. Birth Total. Males. Females. Rate. BIRTFIS—Legitimate 531 267 274 ...) Illegitinate 15 10 5 ‘ 14.05 546 277 279 Deatl) Total. Males. hem ales. Rate. DEATHS 549 276 273 14.13 Standardiz'ng factor 1.020. (Jorrected Death Rale—14.41 per 1,000. Number of women d}’ing in, or in consequence of Child-birth :—From sepsis, 0 ; from other causes, 6. Deaths of Infants undei one } ear of age ]ier 1,000 births :—Total, 65 (Rate 119) ; Legitimate, 63 (Rate 115) ; Illegitimate', 2 (Rate 133). Deaths from Measles (all ages), 16. Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages), 4. Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 \ears of age), 4. Specify any unusual or e.vcessixc mortality during the >’ear which has receixed or requirerl comment :—None. R.ATICS Pl<:R 1,000 OF POPLLATION. Death Kate Kale of from Deaths Tuberculosis under of Respiratory 1 Year to Uirtli-i'ate. Death-rate. System. 1000 Kirths Mean of 10 x^ears, 1915-24... 15,36 .. .... 14.65 . 0.66 .. 87 1924 16.28 .. 14 90 n 1925 14.05 .. 14 13 n fid Increase or Decrease in 1925 on 'Fen Years’ Axerage -1.31 ... .... -0.52 .. .... -0.02 .. .... +32 Previous vear -2.23 .. ... -0 17 4-rx 1 1 ^ *