[Report 1911] / Medical Officer of Health, Bedlingtonshire U.D.C.

  • Bedlingtonshire (England). Urban District Council. n 2009180040.
Date:
1911
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Credit: [Report 1911] / Medical Officer of Health, Bedlingtonshire U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Birth Kate. 'I'lie births of 445 male and 399 female children were registered during the year—a total of 844, or 83 more than last year. To these should be added 2 male ami 1 female births Inward transfers to this district. This gives an annual rate of 33 2 [)er 1000, which, considering the tendency of such affairs in the country at pi'esent may be regarded as fairly satisfactory. Death Rate. The deaths of 20 4 males and of 169 females were registered in the district during the yeai'—a total of 373 as com[)ared with 36/ last year. To those must be added 13 male an<l 3 female deaths. Inward transfers of residents of the district, who have died outside the district. Against these are put the Outward transfers, i.e. of people who have died in this district but who belong to other districts —2 males and 1 female, as also the death of 1 male, a foreigner. I'his is a nett balance of 11 deaths to be added to those registered in our district, making a total number of deaths from which 'mr statistical figures are taken, 384. This makes our annual death rate 15 per 1000, which may be considered a satisfactory one considering the most (for our district) unfavourable climatic conditions which have prevailed almost throughout the year. In a district such as this where there is a considerable migratory population it is a very difficult matter sometimes to determine who are really of the district, e.g. a family or an individual may come into the district, live a few days or a few weeks in it, and deaths or births in the meanwhile may occur • similarly such affairs may occur in the neighbouring districts. The question of transfer thus may lead to fallacy in statistics. In such districts it would appear that a more accurate average might be arrived at were all deaths and births occurring in such districts regarded as of or belonging to that district. This would not apply to residents of the district who might die in Public Institutions outside the district, e.g. at Royal Infirniary, JS'ewcastle, County Asylum and Workhouse, .Morpeih. Such deaths should of course be tran.sferred to the district whence they came. Infantile Mortality. The deaths of 132 Infants under 1 year of age were registered in the district during the year, an increase of 23 as compared with last year. 1 Inward transfer was allotted to the district by the Registrar Ceneral which brings the Deaths up to 133. This gives an Infantile Mortality Rate of 157 per lUOO, a rate which is far too high. When it is seen from Table IV that Prematurity of Birth, liebility and Congenital Malformations were responsible for the deaths of 46 infants and Diarrhceal diseases for 45 more, a total of 91 out of 133 deaths, it seems there is something radically wrong in the breeding and rearing ot infants. 8o much has been said in former years on this subject that lor the present I will not further comment u[)on it. Ihe Births and Deaths in the ditierent localities into which the district is divided occurred as follows :— Births. Harrington. Hecllington. C.nmbois. Choppington. Netherton. Sleekburn. E. & W. Sleekburn. 31 217 73 257 56 Deaths. 163 47 21 85 Under 1 year :— 34 119 23 68 24 7 30 13 33 10 23 15