[Report 1909] / Medical Officer of Health, Ilfracombe U.D.C.

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

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    SUMMARY, 1909. ILFRACOMBE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. Area of District in Statute Acres, 5,836. Estimated Population to middle of 1909, 9,160. Census 1901. Males, 3,420 Females, 5,130 Total, 8,550 Excess of Females over Males 1,710. Birth rate per 1,000 population ... ... ... 16*4 Gross Death rate ... ... ... ... ... 15*0 Nett Death rate (excluding visitors) ... ... 12*7 Average Nett Death rate for 8 years ... ... 12*0 Death rate from 7 chief Epidemic Diseases ... ... 0-5 Infant Mortality per 1,000 births ... ... ... 92*7 Number of Inhabited Houses in District, 1,819. Average number of persons per house, Parochial Pauperism per 1,000 population :— Ilfracombe, 19; Morte Hoe, 10; Berrynarbor, 17; Combe Martin, 52 ; Barnstaple, 44 ; Braunton, 43. For the purpose of comparison the subjoined statistics are of interest. They relate to England and Wales for 1909 : — Annual rates per 1,000 living. Death rate from 7 chief Birth Death Epidemic rate. rate. Diseases. Infant Mortality. Annual Death rate of Infants under 1 year of age per 1,000 births. 25*6 14*5 IO9 England and Wales 1 ■ 12