[Report 1895] / Medical Officer of Health, Holme Valley Sanitary Districts.

  • Holme Valley Sanitary Districts.
Date:
1895
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Credit: [Report 1895] / Medical Officer of Health, Holme Valley Sanitary Districts. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    FOR 1805. DISTRICT OF NETHERTHONG. Mr. Chairman and Councillors, The total number of births registered during the year ending 31st December, 1895 was 14 ; of which 6 were males and 8 females; with the total birth-rate of 14-5 per 1000 of the population, compared with 17-6 for 1894. The average birth-rate for the last five years was 26*59. The total number of deaths registered during the same year was 19, of which 11 were males and 8 females; with the total death-rate of 19-68 per 1000 of the population, compared with 9-32 per 1000 for 1894. The average death-rate of the last five years being 19-16. Deaths this year exceeding births by 5, thus decreasing the population at the rate of 5-18 per 1000 for the year. 2 died under one year, 5 from one to five, 2 five to fifteen, 1 fifteen to twenty-five, 6 twenty-five to sixty-five, and 3 over sixty-five years of age. 2 died from disease of the air passages, 1 rheumatic fever, 2 consumption, 3 measles, 1 whooping cough, 1 injury, 1 disease of the heart, and 8 from other diseases not classified, but which have been duly reported in my quarterly reports. 4 deaths occurred during the year from the zymotic class of diseases, viz ; 3 from measles and 1 from whooping cough, equal to a rate of 4-14 per 1000 of the population. The infant mortality within Netherthong Urban District during the year 1895, including the deaths of all children under one year of age, 1000 of registered births, is equal to 142-85. One inquest has been held during the year upon an accident by a trap on the road. nr£i.l3le 1. Showing Population, 1891; Estimated Population, 1895 ; Increase, Decrease, and rate per 1000 for 1895. Districts. Census 1891. Estimated Population 1895. Holmfirth 10318 ... 10364 Fulstone 1750 ... 1778 Hep worth 1008 1030 Holme 569 583 Honley 5466 ... 5472 Netherthong... 965 960 Scholes 1249 ... 1259 Totals 21325 21446 Rate of Increase. Decrease. Increase. Decrease 46 • • • • • • ... 4-46 28 ... 16-0 ... 22 ... 21-82 14 ... 24-6 ... 6 ... 5 ... 1-09 5*18 16 ... 8-0 126 5 75-97 5-18 .'F:arl>le Showing the rates of Deaths from Zymotic Diseases in each division of the Disti-icts per 1000 of the Population during the year 1895. Membraneous Districts. Small pox. Scarlatina. Diphtheria. Croup. Typhoid Fever. Puerperal. Erysipelas. Measles. Rheumatic Pertussis. Diarrhoea. Fever Holmfirth... 0-29 0-29 0-58 0-09 0-09 0-19 Fulstone .... 0-7 . • . • • 1-71 . . . Hepworth... 0-99 Holme 1-75 Honley 0-54 0-36 1-09 0-73 o-is Netherthong 3-1 1 03 . . 1-03 Scholes .... 0-8