[Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Worsley U.D.C.

  • Worsley (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1898
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Credit: [Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Worsley U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Tabic showing- Population, Deaths, Death Rate, Zymotic Death Rate, and Rate of Lung Diseases, other than Phthisis, for the whole district and for each of the three divisions— Worsley, Walkden, and Boothstown —compared with 1897: Population 1891. Estimated Population Middle of 1898. Total Deaths 1897. Total Deaths 1898. Death Rate 1897. Death Rate 1898. Zymotic Rate excluding Diarrhoea. Lung Diseases other than Phthisis. Whole district. I 1,036 I2>953 163 163 12*85 12'59 •4 2 ’ Walkden . 7,072 8,490 IO9 IO3 i3mi5 12-13 ‘3 1*9 Worsley . 2,685 3’°43 33 40 11 • I3*I4 Nil i'3 Boothstown ... n279 1,420 21 20 14-9 I4‘I 1'4 3'5 Table showing the ANNUAL DEATH RATES for the years 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, and 1898, and the AVERAGE ANNUAL DEATH RATE for the five year periods—1871-1875, 1876-1880, 1881-1885, 1886-1890, and 1891-1895—from All Causes, the principal Infectious Diseases notified, Diarrhoea, Phthisis, and Lung Diseases* All Causes, Principal Infectious Diseases Notified. Diarrhoea. Phthisis. Lung Diseases exclusive of Phthisis. 1871-1875 ... 22*7 4'i I *o i-8 4*4 1876-1880 ... 21*5 3'9 •8 i‘4 S*2 1881-1885 ... 177 i7 •8 i*4 4*2 1886-1890 ... :7'4 I ‘2 •8 I *2 4*4 1891-1895 ... l6*7 17 7 •8 3-6 1891 21 *2 3*3 '3 I 'O 4-6 1892 l6'2 1 6 • n 3 •6 3*4 1893 17-6 i*5 •1 i*3 4*i 1894 12*0 *5 *3 *4 2-4 1895 16-7 i'5 i*4 •8 3*4 1896 I3'2 I *2 7 •8 2-4 1897 I2'85 i*4 • n 3 *7 2-8 1898 12*59 *4 •8 •8 2 O In Walkden 37% of total deaths is of children under 5 years of age, compared with 52/0 for the previous year. In Worsley, 22*5% to 33% I In Boothstown, 45% to 33°/0. 16% of total deaths in Walkden is of persons over 65 years of age ; in Worsley 370 0, and Boothstown 24°/Q, for 1897 the percentage was Walkden 13, Worsley 18, and Boothstown 24.