[Report 1913] / Medical Officer of Health, Crewe Borough.

  • Crewe (Crewe and Nantwich, England). Borough Council.
Date:
1913
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Credit: [Report 1913] / Medical Officer of Health, Crewe Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Deaths. The total number of deaths registered within the Borough during 1913 was 478, equal to a gross death-rate of 10 4 per 1,000. The sex distribution of the 473 deaths was, males, 249, females, 229. By the revised method of dealing with “ transferable ” deaths initiated in 1911 by the Registrar General, certain additions and i subtractions have to he made. Fifty-nine deaths of persons resident in the Borough but who died outside, must be added while seven deaths of persons from other districts must be deducted. This makes the total number of deaths 530. and is equal to a crude death-rate of 1 T6 per 1,000. From Table 1 in the Appendix it will lie noted that the 59 “transferable” deaths added exceed those similarly dealt with in previous years. In England and Wales the death-rate in 1913 was 13 7 per 1,000. On chart II. will be found the death-rate for Crewe and England and Wales from 1893 to 1913. It will be observed that on only two occasions during the 21 years has the local rate ex- ceeded the general rate. It will be noted that in 1913 the death-rate of the town was lower than in any previous year, this is all the more satisfactory when the slight increase in the rate for England and \\ ales is taken into account. In comparing Crewe with other towns of about the same population, the standardized death-rate in the adjoining table should be taken as the most accurate measure for that purpose. It will then be observed that the standardized death-rate of the Borough is the same as that for the rural portions of England and Wales and is lower than the same rate in most of the towns on the list. The standardized death-rates represent the crude death-rates multiplied by the respective factors, in order to make correction for differences of sex and age constitution of the several populations in 1911, as compared with that of England and \\ ales in 1901.