[Report 1895] / Medical Officer of Health, Aberdeen City.

  • Aberdeen (Scotland). City Council.
Date:
1895
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Credit: [Report 1895] / Medical Officer of Health, Aberdeen City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    9 V. City of Aberdeen. REPORT BY THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH For the Quarter Year ending 31st March, 1895. The following are the statistics of the births, deaths, and marriages during the quarter: — (a) Whole City. Births. Deaths. Marriages. No. Equivalent Annual Rate per 1000 of Population. Average Rate 1S92—94 6 years.) No. Equivalent Annual Hate per 1000 of Population. Average Rate 1892—94 (3 years.) No. Equivalent Annual Rate per 1000 of Population. Average Rate 1892—94 (3 years.) 1081 327 31-1 811 24 6 21-4 268 81 7-4 (b) St. Nicholas and Torry Portion. 525 37 4 35-31 427 30 2 23-6 181 12-9 10-39 (c) Old Machar Portion. 556 29 3 28-21 384 20 4 19-8 87 4 6 5-28 In the following Table (I.) the deaths are grouped according to the age of the persons dying:— Table I.—Mortality at Five Periods of Life. First Quarter of 1895. AGE. Population at each period of life Estimated to middle of 1895. Per-centage of Population at each period of life. Number of Deaths. Per-centage of Deaths. E>juiv. Annual Death-Rate per 1,000 persons living at each period of life, 1895. Average of 1890—94 (5 years). Years. Under 5, . 18,394 13-75 351 43-28 77 39 50-64 (Infant period). 5—15, 30,046 22-46 31 3-82 418 4-97 (School period). 15—2.5, 26,459 19-78 44 5-43 674 7-84 (Adolescent period). 25—60, 48,091 35-95 166 20-47 14 00 1475 (Mature period). Above 60, . 10,7S3 8-06 219 27-00 82 37 87-57 Post mature period). Totals, 133,773 100-00 811 100 00 24 59 22 00 * Estimated Population to middle of 1895—City, 133,773 ; of which in St. Nicholas (including Tony), 57,354, aud in Old Machar (including Old Aberdeen and Woodside),'7(3,419.