[Report 1897] / Medical Officer of Health, Wigan County Borough.

  • Wigan (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1897
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Credit: [Report 1897] / Medical Officer of Health, Wigan County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Town. TABLE II.—Continued. Birth Death Zymotic Population. Rate. Rate. Rate. Infantile Average Death R’te Death Rate 1,000 births, last 10 years. Grimsby . .... 68,460 . .. 32*42 ... 17*84 . .. 3-76 ... 221 ... 17*95 Huddersfield ... 101,464 . . 23*39 ... 16*48 . .. 1*47 ... 132 ... 18*10 Lancaster. .... 36,346 . .. 25*03 ... 13*91 . .. 2*85 ... 151 ... 20*21 Maidstone .. .... 33,565 . .. 23-91 ... 13*47 . .. 2*01 ... 133 ... 14*3 Northampton 66,500 . .. 26£3 ... 15*6 . .. 2*4 ... 184*3 ... 16*2 N ottingham .... 232,935 . .. 28*9 ... 18*8 . .. 2*8 ... 206 ... 18*1 Oldham . .... 145,845 . .. 26*1 ... 19*2 . 2*5 ... 183 ... 21*8 Plymouth . . .... 97,658 . .. 28*3 ... 19*1 .. 2*20 ... 188*4 ... 20*6 Reading . .... 68,094 . .. 26*62 ... 14*22 . .. 2-10 ... 148*4 ... 15*45 St, Helens .. .... 82,910 . .. 38*51 ... 21*05 . .. 4*24 ... 181 ... 21*91 Stockport.... .... 80,000 . .. 30*9 ... 21*5 .. 4*8 ... 214 ... 23*95 Sunderland . .... 142,107 . .. 34*52 ... 19*54 .. 2*64 ... 168 ... 21*3 Warrington . .... 61,700 . .. 36*7 ... 19*5 . .. 2-8 ... 175 ... 21*4 West Bromwich 63,000 . .. 36*0 .... 19*7 . .. 3*4 ... 175 ... 19*9 Wolverhampton 87,287 . .. 31*1 ... 21*8 .. 4*6 ... 219 ... 21*15 Wigan 60,423 . .. 3716 ... 20*99 311 ... 175 ... 22*69 TABLE III. Death Rate eor Wigan during the Last Ten Years. Y ear. All causes. Zymotics. 1888 22*1 2*76 4*1 1889 22*7 1890 26*5 4*6 1891 24*7 3*7 1892 24*4 3*89 1893 24*2 51 1894 18*9 3*2 1895 22*52 3*6 1896 23-09 4*09 • 1897 20*99 .... 3*11 CAUSES OF DEATH. THE ZYMOTIC DISEASES. The mortality from the principal zymotic diseases, namely : Small¬ pox, scarlet' fever, measles, whooping cough, typhus, enteric, diphtheria and diarrhoea is at the rate of 3T1 per 1,000 of the population, and num¬ bered 190 deaths, but if we exclude diarrhoea the number of deaths was only 117, and which gives a rate of 2*83,