[Report 1895] / Medical Officer of Health, Knaresborough U.D.C.

Knaresborough (England). Urban District Council.

Date:: 1895

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Credit: [Report 1895] / Medical Officer of Health, Knaresborough U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Excluding Workhouse, &c. Including Workhouse, &c. 1895 90 121 1894 91 106 1893 106 137 Rate per 1,000 of Population :—- 1895 19*3 26-02 1894 19-5 22-8 1893 22-8 29-4 Thus we see that in the District proper we have a reduction though a very slight one, upon the Death-rate of last year, and a very decided reduction upon that of the year before. The increase in the total death-rate has been caused by the deaths in the Babies Home, which were due to the Insanitary condition of the Drains, as the health of the Infants has been good, and the death-rate “nil” since the drains were altered. The following Tables show (1) the number of deaths at different ages; (2) the number of deaths due to preventable causes, such as infectious diseases, and this Table may be studied with satisfaction ; (3) the deaths from non-preventable causes. Table I. The ages at which deaths occurred :— Deaths under 1 year ...36 5) over 1 year and under 5 years ... 8 J) » 5 years 15 » ... 2 )) )> 15 5> >> 25 „ ... 7 >> >> 25 >> ” 65 n •••35 >> ,, 65 years and u pwards •••33 Total 121