[Report 1877] / Medical Officer of Health, South Shields County Borough.

  • South Shields (Durham, England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1877
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Credit: [Report 1877] / Medical Officer of Health, South Shields County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Deaths.—Of the 1220 deaths, 28 occurred in public Institutions amongst persons brought from other districts of the Union with their fatal illnesses upon them. These, therefore, must be deducted from our calculations. The remaining 1192 represent a death-rate of 19’9 per 1000 persons estimated to be living, against 20*0 in the previous year, when the death-rate was then for South Shields the lowest on record. In the annexed table, the death-rate per 1000 from all causes in the 50 large English towns and in South Shields during the last 37 years, is compared. Mean of 20 years 1841-60 Mean of 10 years 1861-70 Mean of 3 years 1871-73 1874. 1875. 1876. 1877. 50 large towns. 23-5 23-0 23-8 24-5 23*9 22-3 21*6 South Shields . 25-0 24-0 27-5 27-4 22-7 20-0 19-9 Seasons.—The relative mortality of the four quarters of the year and the mortality in corresponding quarters of the preceding year will be found in the subjoined table. Annual death-rate per 1000, South Shields, Year. 1st Qr. 2nd Qr. 3rd Qr. 4th Qr. 1877 19-9 21T 17*3 17-6 23*0 1876 20-0 24-0 19T 20*2 16*1 In the first three quarters, the rates of mortality, it will be seen, compare favourably even with the low rates of the previous year. The excess in the fourth quarter, a subject which will be considered under the head of zymotic diseases, was wholly owing to the fatal prevalence during that period of scarlet fever. The principal meteorological conditions of the several quarters will be seen in the following table ; the most noticeable features being the moderate temperatures of the winter months, and the low temperatures, and in general excessive rainfall, of the summer.