[Report 1935] / Medical Officer of Health, Blackpool County Borough.

  • Blackpool (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1935
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Credit: [Report 1935] / Medical Officer of Health, Blackpool County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The percentage of the deaths in the various age groups, with similar figures for a series of previous years are as follows :— Age Period. 1 it:}5 1034 1033 1032 1031 1030 1929 1928 Under 12 months :{.4 4.7 4.5 5.5 5.1 5.2 4.2 6.2 1 and under 5 years 1 .4 1.1 1.8 1.5 1.8 1.6 2.2 2.3 5 and under 65 years 44.2 43.5 42.8 44.5 43.8 44.0 45.2 45.8 65 years and over 51.0 50.7 50.0 48.5 49.3 48.3 48.4 45.7 Age Period. 1927 1926 1925 1924 1923 1922 1921 1920 1919 1918 1 1917' Under 12 months .. 5.5 7.6 9.0 7.0 7.1 6.9 8.4 8.5 7.72 7.89 6.9 . 1 and under 5 years 3.2 1.7 3.2 3.9 1.7 2.6 2.9 2.6 2.86 5.29 3.0 5 and under 65 years 46.9 47.8 47.5 47.0 48.1 48.6 45.1 48.9 52.43 55.37 .50.3 i 65 years and over ,. i 44.4 42.9 40.3 42.1 43.1 41.9 43.5 39.9 37.0031.45 39.7 The percentage of deaths over 65 years is increasing, and it may be said that one-half our population lives to be 65 years or over. Ini other words, people are living longer, and the average age at death is^ higher. It may reasonably be anticipated that the supervision of; children in their pre-school days, which is now an integral part of the: work of the Health Department, will produce a still more markedi effect in improving the health of these children and in reducing still i further their adverse vital statistics. I have received from the Registrar General’s office a list of thet causes of deaths divided into se.xes and age periods. These ‘numbers; differ somewhat from the compilation kept in my office, owing to the: fact that the Registrar General’s figures cover the period of a calendar; year whereas it is found more convenient locally to deal with 52: weekly returns, and the mode of classification differs greatly with the' different persons allocating the causes and specifying which of the* certified causes should be taken as the main one. The list which I have received from the Registrar General is as follows :—