[Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Aspull U.D.C.

  • Aspull (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1919
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Credit: [Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Aspull U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The number of deaths under 1 year was 25—16 females, 9 males—giving an infantile mortality of 132 per 1,000 births. Tliis is 16 per 1,000 births less than in 1918. The deaths of illegitimate children under 1 year total 2, giving a death-rate of 181.8 per 1,000 illegitimate births. The following table summaries the foregoing figures:— Birth rate. Death rate. Epidemic Death rate. Phthisis Death rate. Infantile Death rate. 1919 • • • 24-8 15-fi 1-09 (l•9(; 132 1918 • • • 20-9 23-5 2-51 ()-97 148 % Average of 10 1909—1918 years| 28-0 lfi-5 2-90 0-78 141 Increase or decrease 1 in 1919 on 1918/ -f 3-9 -7-9 -1-42 -0-01 -16 Average of 10 1909—1918 years! -3-7 -0-9 -1-81 -1-0-18 -9 The following table gives the rates for thie population of England and Wales for 1919. The rates for the township are given below them for comparative purposes:— Birth rate Death rate Deaths under per 1000 total population. per 1000 total population. 1 year per 1000 births. England and Wales ... 18-5 13-8 89 Aspull 24-9 15-6 132 The figures in the last column call for remark. Out of every 1,000 children born in the whole of England and Wales 89 died before reaching the age of 1 year. In Aspull 132 died. In the 96 great industrial centres (i.e., towns liaving a population exceeding 50,000), where populations are aggregated in small superficial areas, the density commonly exceeding 300 per acre, and where emjjloyment of mothers is general, the infan- tile mortality in 1919 was 93.