[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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    STATISTICAL SUMMARY FOR 1897. Population estimated July 1st, 1897 . 60423 Marriages not ascertainable for County Borough. „ Annual rate per 1,000 of population, ditto. Total. 224-7 ,7 | Males. 1107 ) births [Females . 1140/ Annual rate of births per 1,000 . 37'16 Ditto for England and Wales .29’7 Illegitimate births, 121, or 5‘38 per cent. Deaths -f T's, '. SI Total / Females . 596 J xlnnual rate of mortality. Ditto for England and Wales Natural increase of population, births in excess of deaths ... 1270 Total deaths from zymotic diseases . Annual rate of mortality from zymotic diseases Ditto for England and Wales ... . Total deaths from diarrhoea . Annual rate of mortality from diarrhoea. Infantile rate, deaths per 1,000 births, 1897 ... 20-99 17'4 977 190 3T1 2T5 73 1-19 175 Ditto for England and Wales . 156 Acreage.—With an acreage of 2,188, and a population estimated at 60,423, we have 27*61 persons per acre. Population.—The population, estimated at the middle of 1897 (June 30th) is 60,423, and this estimate may be taken as fairly correct. Births.—The number of births registered during 1897 was 2,247 ; males, 1107 ; females, 1,140. The rate per 1,000 of population being 37*16. This birth rate, compared with last year, is F22 higher. The illegitimate births numbered 121, or 5’38 per cent. Last year 103, or 4'80 per cent., showing an increase of *58. The Mortality Bale.— The deaths for 1897 number 1,270, namely, 674 males and 596 females, the excess of males over females being 78. The rate per 1,000 of population per annum is 20’99,