[Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Doncaster County Borough.

  • Doncaster (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1920
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Credit: [Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Doncaster County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    BIRTH RATE. The number of Births in Doncaster as corrected by the Registrar General for 1920 was 1,427, comprising 744 Males and 683 Females, showing an increase of 374 on 1919. Of the Births, 47 Males and 31 Females were illegitimate. The following table shows some interesting figures for Birth Rate during the last 40 years: — Estimated Population. No. of Births. Birth Rate. 1882 ... 21,338 712 32.5 1890 ... 25,640 757 29.5 1900 ... 28,708 837 29.1 1910 ... 30,403 737 24.2 1919 ... 53,743 1053 19.5 1920 ... 53,647 1427 26.5 DEATH RATE. The number of deaths in the Borough as corrected by the Registrar General, from all causes, was (in 1920) 663 (355 Males and 308 Females), giving a Death Rate of 12.3, the lowest on record since 1876. The Death Rate for England and Wales for the year 1920 was 12.4. The following table gives details of Death Rate for Doncaster since 1875: — 1876- —1882 Average Death Rate 22.3 1883- 1892 do. 18.8 1893- —19(>2 do. 18.2 1903- —1913 do. 15.5 1915 Death Rate 16.4 1916 do. 14.6 1917 do. 14.7 1918 do. 16.1 1919 do. 13.T 1920 do. 12.3 INFANTILE MORTALITY RATE. During the year the number of deaths of children under 1 year of age was 143 (corrected number from Registrar General), in contrast to 86 in 1919. 4'he Infantile Mortality for 1920 is 100.2. The Infantile Mortality for England and Wales for 1920 was 80. 4he following table gives the yearly Infant Mortality Rate for the whole district since 1903, and although there is some increase on the figure for 1919 this is due chiefly to the large number of deaths from Bronchitis and Pneumonia (39), or 27.2 per cent, and from congenital unavoidable causes includ- ing Marasmus and Premature Birth (58), or 40.55 per cent.