[Report 1862] / Medical Officer of Health, Gloucester City & Port.

  • Gloucester (England). City and Port Council.
Date:
1862
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Credit: [Report 1862] / Medical Officer of Health, Gloucester City & Port. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    15 In my calculation of the mortality in the Kural District I have collected the Parishes, with one exception, into three divisions, as in my last Eeport, as follows:— Hill PAEiSHES....Tuffley, Upton, Norton, Churchdown, Matson, and Lassington. Eiver Parishes...Maisemore, Sandhurst, Ashelworth,Long- ford St. Catherine, and Elmore. Parishes of the Plain....Quedgeley,Whaddon, Brockworth, Hucclecote, Barnwood, Hatherley, Twigworth, High- nam, &c., and Longford St. Mary. The death-rate of the different divisions is as follows; it is compared with the annual average death-rate for the last eleven years:— Position 1862. PARISHorHAMLET Estimated Populo- tion, 1862. Death-rate 1862, per 1000. Death-rate 11 years, per 1000. Above the Average. Below the Average. Position 1861. 1 River Parishes 2199 12-27 14-80 • « • 2-53 2 2 Parishes of the Plain 3119 13-78 16-06 • • • 2-28 3 3 Hill Parishes 2411 15-77 17-26 1-49 1 7729 13-94 16-04 • • • 2-10 Hempsted 424 21-22 26-14 • • 4-92 The following table shews the distribution of births:— PARISH. cn <D 1 Females. | 1 Both Sexes, 1 1862. Both Sexes, 11 years. Churchdown 10 15 25 20 Upton St. Leonard’s ... 15 12 27 27 Sandhurst 11 10 21 20 Barnwood 9 9 18 10 Norton 5 13 18 13 Ashelworth 10 7 17 15 Maisemore 7 10 17 15 Brockworth 7 9 18 15 Hempsted 9 9 15 15 Hucclecote 9 6 15 10 Longford St. Mary 4 10 14 14 Quedgeley 9 2 11 12 Highnam, &c 4 6 10 9 Elmore 3 3 6 9 Hatherley 4 2 6 5 Tallinoy ••• ••• ••• ••• 3 4 7 4 Whaddon 4 1 5 3 Longford St. Catherine 2 2 4 4 Matson 2 2 4 * Twigworth 2 2 4 4 Lassington • * « 1 1 1 , 129 135 264 225