[Report 1911] / Medical Officer of Health, Devonport County Borough.

  • Devonport (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1911
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Credit: [Report 1911] / Medical Officer of Health, Devonport County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    FAMILIES OR SEPARATE OCCUPIERS. AREA IN STATUTE ACRES. St. Anbyn Stoke Tamar 4,617 vSt. Anbyn 8,342 vStoke 5,498 Tamar 373 2,270 509 Density Of Population, i.e., the number of persons to each acre according to the Census is 25.72. The number of inhabited houses in the Borough is 10,232. The average number of persons to each house is 7.98. Births and Birth-Rate. There were 2,101 births registered in the district during the year. Making the necessary deductions (inward and outward transfers) supplied by the Registrar General, the nett births were 2,032, which gives a birth-rate of 24.7 as compared with 23.5 for the pievious year. The natural increase was 891, as against 1,030 in 1910. Deaths and Death-Rate. The number of deaths from all causes registered during the year was 1,113, giving a death-rate of 13.5 per 1,000. Deducting non-residents registered in the district and adding the number of residents not so registered, the number of deaths thus amended was 1,141, giving a death-rate of 13.9 per 1,000, or 2.5 more than the preceding year. This increase, however, is more apparent than real, inasmuch as the death-rate during the inter-censal period has been calculated on the estimated population, which the Census shows to have been too high. The mortality in males was 589, and in females 552. In 77 large towns it ranged from 9.1 to 20.0. The Ward mortality from all causes was as follows :— mates. fematEs. tot at. 198 187 385 230 236 466 161 129 290 St. Aubyn Stoke ... Tamar Corrected Death-Rate. The crude death-rate multiplied by the factor for correction (1.0486) gives a corrected death-rate of 14.5. The Zymotic Death-Rate, i.e., the death-rate from seven principal Zymotic diseases (Small Pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Whooping Cough, Diphtheria or Membranous Croup, Enteric, Fever, and Diarrhoea, was 2.72.