[Report 1900] / Medical Officer of Health, Middleton Borough.

  • Middleton (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1900
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Credit: [Report 1900] / Medical Officer of Health, Middleton Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Death Rate. The number of deaths registered in the Borough during the year amounted to 384, equal to a general rate of 14-7 per 1000. The number of deaths in each ward is given below, 131 in the North Ward against 133 in the preceding year ; South and West Wards 125 and 128, against 167 and 139 in the pre¬ ceding year respectively. The death rates from Zymotic diseases, Pulmonary diseases, and Phthisis, together with the general death rate for each year are given below since 1887. The Tables accompanying Report give full statistics. 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 General Death Rate. 20.83 20.68 20 17 20 38 24.12 18.04 iS 53 Zymotic. 2.04 2.48 3 14 i-34 2.29 1.26 2.04 Disease of Resp’r’y Organs 3-85 521 5 5-47 7.6 576 3 11 Phthisis . 2.14 1.60 1.42 1.71 i-97 1.26 1 -37 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 General Death Rate. 16.8 189 i9 75 19-3 15-4 16 8 r4-7 Zymotic . 2.04 i-9 i-5 1 36 2.2 1.8 1.38 Disease of Resp r’y Organs 3-n 4-7 45 3 4 33 3 0 2.9 Phthisis . 1 37. i-5 i-5 1.09 1.2 i-4 i-3 The Returns show that 114 Children died under 5 vears of age, being 48 less than 1899. They included'87 under a year old, 23 less than, in the preceding year. Thirty-two deaths were recorded from the seven principal Zymotic diseases equal to a rate of 1-38 per 1000, against 1-8 for the preceding year. Of those 22 were children under 5 years of age and 10 over that age. The number of deaths are shown below in each Ward under their respective headings.