[Report 1893] / Medical Officer of Health, Bacup Borough.

  • Bacup (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1893
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Credit: [Report 1893] / Medical Officer of Health, Bacup Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    vital statistics for the year are for 53 weeks. The year 1893 has been exceptionally healthy. The deaths • being the fewest recorded for the last 16 years. The death-rate of 1770 per 1000 may be considered very good for a manu- facturing town. In my experience of over 16 years, I have never known such a comparatively small amount of sickness of adults. The deaths of persons over 5 years of age were only 234; this includes 53 weeks. In 1892, there were 323 for 52 weeks ; and 1891, were 338 deaths ; so that this year the total decrease of deaths is one-third less. In 1893, only 84 died aged 60 years and upwards; whilst in 1892, there were 140 deaths. The mortality among children under 5 years of age was much above the average, there being 190 deaths, as compared with 155 for the previous year. The heavy mortality is almost entirely due to measles, which caused 19 deaths; and diarrhoea, which caused 15 deaths. The following table gives the number of births and deaths for the past 16 years :— YEAR. BIRTHS. DEATHS. 1878 990 645 X879 916 459 1880 824 531 l88l 809 483 1882 809 533 1883 ... 785 452 1884 715 5°4 1885 745 455 1886 725 5i7 X887 639 49° 1888 672 5°3 1889 678 444 1890 618 471 1891 661 5°5 1892 589 478 i893 655 424 (53 weeks)