Dr. H. F. Parson's report to the local government board on the general sanitary condition of Ince-in-Makerfield.

  • Parsons, H. F.
Date:
1879
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Credit: Dr. H. F. Parson's report to the local government board on the general sanitary condition of Ince-in-Makerfield. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    /as Population.—The following figures given me by the clerk to the Urban Sanitary Authority show the rapidity with which the town of Ince has sprung up, owing to the development of the coal trade and other industries :— Increase. Year. Houses. Population. Average Inmates Houses. Population. per house. 18.51 - 766 (estd.) 3,670 4-8 1861 - - 1,561 8,266 795 4,596 5-3 1866 (Board formed) - 1871 - 1,892 2,269 9,460 (estd.) 11,988 is}** 1,194 ) g -go 2,528/ 5* 5-28 1879 - - 3,134 14,500 (estd.) 865 2,512 4-6 Thus the population more than doubled between 1851 and 1861, and between 1861 and 1871 increased 45 per cent., or 3’8 per cent, annually. If this rate of increase were maintained, the population at the present time would be 16,140, but it is probable that the rate of increase has of late years been less. Reckoning five inmates to each house, and allowing for those now empty, the present population will be 15,000. The Medical Officer of Health, in his reports, estimates the present population at 14,000, and the clerk at 14,500. The highness of the birth and death rates, even as calculated upon a population of 15,000, renders it probable that these estimates are under, rather than over, the mark. Mortality and Sickness.—The vital statistics of Ince-in-Makerfield for the 4f years ending September 1879 are given in the following tables, the population being taken as 14,000. Table 1. Births. Deaths from all Causes. Deaths from principal Zymotic Diseases. Deaths under 1 year. Rate per 1,000. Number of Deaths. Rate per 1,000. Per 1,000. Per 100 births. Year. In Ince. In Ince. Total. England With Regis- With England Total. England Total. England Ince. and Regis- Work- tered Work- and Ince. and Ince. and Wales. tered in house in house Wales. Wales. W ales. Town- Deaths Town- Deaths ship. added. ship. added. 1875 755 53-9 34-0 373 383 26-6 27-3 22-2 53 3-8 3 • 3 138 18-4 15-8 1876 773 55-2 36-5 368 371 26-3 26-5 21-0 73 5-2 3-0 133 17-2 14-6 1877 778 55-6 36-1 393 396 28-1 28-3 20-4 97 6-9 2-6 139 17-9 13-6 1878 749 53 • 5 35-9 384 396 27-4 28-3 21-7 78 5-6 33 153 20-4 15-3 1879 578 55-0 36-7 246 253 23-4 24-1 21-5 33 31 2-3 75 12-9 13-2 (9 months -Jan.- Sept.) Table 2. Deaths from 1875. 1876. 1877. 1878. 1879, 9 months. Small pox - _ _ Measles - - - - — 21 11 10 1 Scarlet fever ... 14 16 40 14 8 Diphtheria - - - - — — 1 1 — Croup .... — — 3 10 9 Whooping cough - - - 16 4 10 4 7 Enteric fever ... 8 10 8 11 5 Diarrhoea - - - 15 22 27 38 10 Cholera - — — — — 1 Phthisis - - - - 10 12 18 17 20 Bronchitis, pneumonia, and pleurisy 120 97 108 98 49 Heart disease - 10 14 8 5 8 Injuries - - - 34 17 13 20 15 Other causes - - - 146 155 146 156 113 Total - 373 368 393 384 246