[Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Saddleworth R.D.C.

  • Saddleworth (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1898
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Credit: [Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Saddleworth R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Twenty-seven deaths were registered from Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy, as against 23 in 1897, and 33 in i8g6. This is a respiratory death-rate of 2'oi per 1,000. During the past few years it has been as follows : 1893. 1894. 1895- 1896. 1897. 1898. 2-37 2'5 3 2-4 176 2*01 There were 15 deaths from Phthisis, which gives a phthisical death-rate of i’i4 per 1,000 inhabitants. For comparison, I give this death-rate for the past few years : 1893. 1894. 1895. 1896. 1897. 1898. 1-6 1*6 1-07 1-2 1-2 ri4 Saddleworth is divided for registration purposes by a road from Standedge to Star Inn, Highmoor, and thence to Mossley. The Uppermill Sub-district includes Diggle Edge, a portion of New Delph, Diggle, Weakey, Woolroad, Dob- cross, Tamewater, Wall Hill, Saddleworth Fold, Greenfield, and Royal George. Whilst the Delph Sub-district includes Bleakhey Nook, Castleshaw, Sandbed, and a portion of New Delph, Delph, Austerlands, Slackcote, and Denshaw. The population, according to the census of 1881, was 5,423 in the Delph district, and 7,454 in the Uppermill district ; whilst in that of 1891 it was 5,221 in the former, and 7,778 in the latter. This shows the Delph Sub-district to have had a diminished population of about 200, whilst that of Uppermill Sub-district has shown an increase of 300 inhabitants. The census of 1891 included a fairly large number of navvies and their families, which for the most part were in the Uppermill estimate, but who have, for the most part, left the district. The Rateable Value of your district is ^^71,800. The rate is 1/4^ in the £, comprising gd. in the £ for general expenses, and y^d. in the £ for special expenses. The population of the Delph Sub-district is estimated for 1897 as 5,236, and that of Uppermill Sub-district as 7,892. Tabulated therefore in this manner we have : Births . DELPH DISTRICT. 1897. 1898. . 122 134 UPPERMILL 1897. . 163 DISTRICT. 1898. 173 Males . . 67 75 . 75 80 Females . 55 59 . 88 93 Birth-rate . . 23-3 25'5 . 20-6 21-9 Illegitimate Births..., . 5 8 . 7 10 Deaths. . 78 97 . 120 100 Males . . 47 46 . 69 53 Females . . 31 51 . 51 48 Death-rate . . i4'9 18-5 . I5‘2 12-6 Uncertified Deaths . 8 10 . 3 3 Inquests . . 4 3 . 7 9 Infant Mortality. . 106-5 126-8 . 67-4 86-6 Zymotic Death-rate . . 0-2 0*57 . 0-5 o’5