[Report 1909] / Medical Officer of Health, Poulton-le-Fylde U.D.C.

  • Poulton-le-Fylde (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1909
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Credit: [Report 1909] / Medical Officer of Health, Poulton-le-Fylde U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Births and Birth Rates.—The Births registered during the year 1909 numbered 57 (males 31, females 26). The birth-rate per 1,000 of the population was 21.1, the highest rate recorded since 1905. Last year the rate was 19.6 in 1907, 16.8, and the average for the eight years 1901-8 was 22.2. Deaths and Death Rates.—The total deaths registered in the district amounted to 33, but to these must be added 5 deaths of persons belonging to Poulton which took place in Public Institutions outside the dis¬ trict. The total (38) gives a death-rate per 1,000 of 14.0, or 0.5 per 1,000 below the rate recorded last year. In 1907 the rate was 15.6, 12.8 in 1906, 11.2 in 1905, 13.7 in 1904, and an average for the eight years since the district was created a separate sanitary district of 14.6. Table IV. appended analyses the causes of death at various age periods. The vSeven Principal Epidemic Diseases con¬ tributed only one death—enteric fever, a patient in the Moss Side Fever Hospital, removed from this district. The epidemic death-rate corresponded to 0.37 against 0.78 last year. Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) did not give rise to a single death. In 1908 there was one death, and five deaths occurred from this disease in 1907. Respiratory Diseases, including Bronchitis, Pneu¬ monia, and Pleurisy, were accredited with 5 deaths, corresponding to a rate of 1.85 per 1,000. The average for the previous year was 1.17, and 1.96 for 1907. Infantile Mortality.—Nine deaths took place amongst children under the age of one year, giving an average—calculated per 1,000 births—of 157. Last