[Report 1897] / Medical Officer of Health, New Mill (West Riding) U.D.C.

  • New Mill (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1897
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Credit: [Report 1897] / Medical Officer of Health, New Mill (West Riding) U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    URBAN DISTRICT OF NEW MILL. K E I> O R nr OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR THE YEAR I897. Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen, In presenting my Annual Report of the Health of the Hew Mill Urban Sanitary District, I have to remind you that owing to changes in the boundaries of the District, the exact number of inhabitants is not known, but an estimate based on the number of occupied houses lias been formed, giving the estimated population for the middle of the year 1897 at 5,370. The area of the District is 5,680 acres. The density of population is therefore in the proportion of less than one person per acre. For purposes of comparison it may be noticed that the average density of population in the Urban Districts of the West Riding is about three persons per acre, while in the Rural Districts there, are about four acres to one person. I. BIRTHS. During the last year 161 infants were born, viz., 82 males and 79 females, which is equal to a birth-rate of 29 95 per 1,000 persons living. The rate for 1896 was 24'7. The rate for all England and Wales for 1897 was 29'7. The total number of Deaths was 91, leaving an excess of Births over Deaths of 70. II. DEATHS The number of Deaths registered was 91, viz., 37 males and 54 females. They died at the following ages Under one year, 25, (27.4 per cent.) One year and under five, 6. (6\5 per cent.) Five and under fifteen, 1. Fifteen and under twenty-five, 6. j Twenty-five and under sixty-five, 21, (23 per cent.) q ‘ Over sixty-five, 32, (35• 1 per cent.) which is equal to a death-rate of 16 94 per 1,000. For the year 1896 the Hew Mill death-rate was i 5 91 per 1,000; the rate for the Urban Districts of the West Riding was 17 00 per 1,000 : the rate for England and Wales for 1897 was 17'4 per 1,000. Therefore the death-rate for 1897 was higher than that for 1896, and it was also higher than the average of the last seven years. But on the other hand it was a little lower than that for England and Wales. Of the 161 Infants born 25 d lVd before reaching the age of 12 months, which is equal to an infantile mortality rate of 155-28. In 1896 the rate was 12D21. For England and Wales the rate was 156 per 1,000 births. It should be noticed that over 27 per cent, of the deaths Avere at ages under 12 months, and over 35 per cent, at ages over 65 years, so that comparatively few died in youth or middle age. III. DISEASE. The amount and nature of the diseases prevalent in the District are more or less fully indicated by (a) the certified causes of death; (b) the notification returns; and (c) observation and common report.