[Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, St Helens County Borough.

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

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    This is seen from the following figures — Deaths from Malignant Diseases. 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 Total Males . . 57 59 43 40 42 241 Females . 41 39 48 56 42 226 Other causes of death.—The following extract from Table 1 0 shows some of the other principal causes of death — Pneumonia (all forms). . 170 Bronchitis and other Respiratory Diseases ..... 1 13 Heart Disease. 120 Cerebral Hsemorrage, etc. 47 Cancer and Malignant Disease. 84 Suicide and other deaths from violence 5 1 Infant Mortality.—During 1925 there were 263 deaths of children under one year of age. This corresponds to an infant mortality rate of 100 per 1,000 births. The infant death rate for 1924 was 103-5. Further reference to this important subject is made in the Maternity and Child Welfare Section. Table 1 1 shows the infant death rate for St. Helens since 1873, and the figures for England and Wales for the same period.