[Report 1904] / Medical Officer of Health, Portsmouth Borough.

  • Portsmouth (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1904
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Credit: [Report 1904] / Medical Officer of Health, Portsmouth Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The numbers of births in the different quarters were as follows :— First Quarter, ending April 2nd Second ,, ,, July 2nd Third ,, October 1st Fourth n )) December 1st ... 1,366 births 1,336 „ 1,455 „ 1,422 „ Ma.rria,gfes. —1969 Marriages took place in 1904. This is 87 more than in the previous year, and gives a marriage rate of 19'97. Deaths.—The Deaths registered numbered 3,333, giving a death rate of 16*88 per 1000. Deaths were registered in the four quarters of the year as follows— First Quarter 920 deaths. equal to rate of 18*6 per 1000 Second „ 694 )) 14-1 Third „ 818 16-6 Fourth „ 901 )} 18-2 „ The corrected death rate of 17*30 per 1000 places Portsmouth fourteenth in the list of the 37 great towns of England and Wales. The lowest death rate is that of Willesden, 12*00, and the highest that of Liverpool, 24*18 per 1000.