[Report 1906] / Medical Officer of Health, Northwich R.D.C.

  • Northwich (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1906
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Credit: [Report 1906] / Medical Officer of Health, Northwich R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The population for the Rural District was estimated to be 23,700 in the middle of the year, which is distributed amongst the four districts as follows : Weaver ham North wich Over Middlewich Births.—The total number of births registered is 590, which is 23 less than last year, and 65 less than the ten years’ average. The rate is 24‘4 per 1,000. Of these births 299 are of males and 291 of females, while 110 of them were in Weaverham, 103 in Northwich, 39 in Over, and 47 in Middlewich. Twenty-six of these births are of illegitimate children, which is equal to 1*09 per 1,000 of the population or 4*4% of births. The full quarterly details are shown in Supplementary Table I. Deaths—The total number of deaths registered is 263, of which 103 occurred in Weaverham, 102 in Northwich, 31 in Over, and 32 in Middlewich, while 5 occurred in the Isolation Hospital at Leftwich. Thirty-three deaths were from zymotic and septic diseases, 20 from consumption of the lungs, and 11 from consumption of other organs, 12 from cancer, 33 from diseases of the lungs other than consumption, 5 from alcoholism, 19 from diseases of the heart, 13 from accidents, 1 from suicide, 34 from old age, and the remainder from various other causes. There were 19 inquests held : Accidental drowning being the verdict in 4 cases, scalds in 1, suicidal poisoning 1, 6 natural causes, and run over by trains and traps 3. One death was uncertified, an old person 77 years of age. The death rate is 11’3 per 1,000, which is the actual lowest for ten years, and 2’7 less than the average. The birth rate is more than double the death rate. The number of deaths of illegitimate children under 1 year is 6. Infantile Mortality.—The number of deaths of infants under 1 year is 60 : 18 being in Weaverham, 27 in Northwich, 6 in Over, and 7 in Middlewich. The rate per 1,000 of living persons is 2’5, and the rate per 1,000 births is 101, which is the lowest for ten years ; but it still shows that the Infantile Population is decimated during its first year. 9.250 8,210 2,990 3.250 23,700