[Report 1929] / Medical Officer of Health, Lancashire County Council.

Lancashire (England). County Council.

Date:: 1929

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Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Credit: [Report 1929] / Medical Officer of Health, Lancashire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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RURAL DISTRICTS. Per 1,000 of Population. Per i,ooo Births. 1 Death-rate % Death-rate Maternal Rate of Birth-rate Death-rate from from Mortality Deaths Tuberculosis of Cancer Rate under I year Barton-upon-lrwell.— Population, 13,500. Mean of 5 years, 1924-1928 15-7 111 System 0-68 101 6-20 62 Year— 1928 . 1929 . 16-2 179 11-6 11 5 0-70 0 44 0-93 1 40 4-80 nil 76 37 Increase or decrease in 1929 on— 5 years' average, 1924-1928 Previous year +2-2 + 1-7 +0-4 —01 —0-24 —0-26 +039 +0-47 — 620 —4-80 — 25 — 39 Blackburn.— Population, 11,290. Mean of 5 years, 1924-1928 12-4 111 0-52 105 275 68 Year— 1928 . 1929 . 10-7 93 10-4 9 3 044 0 26 0-80 097 nil 9 52 50 47 Increase or decrease in 1929 on— 5 years' average, 1924-1928 Previous year —31 — 1-4 — 1-8 —11 —0-26 —018 —0-08 +0-17 + 6-77 + 9-52 — 21 —3 Burnley.— Population, 18,060. Mean of 5 years, 1924-1928 12-9 12-5 051 106 6-85 77 Year— 1928 . 1929 . 123 11 0 127 131 052 048 104 097 4-20 nil 75 64 Increase or decrease in 1929 on— 5 years' average, 1924-1928 Previous year . — 1-9 — 1-3 +0-6 +0-4 — 003 —004 —0 09 —007 — 6-85 —420 — 13 — 11 Bury.— Population, 9,385. Mean of 5 years, 1924-1928 143 12-7 045 1-28 4-39 80 Year— 1928 . 1929 . 146 12 4 10-8 134 021 0 74 117 1 27 7-29 nil 43 59 Increase or decrease in 1929 on— 5 years' average, 1924-1928 Previous year — 1-9 —22 +0-7 +2-6 +0-29 +053 —001 +0-10 — 4-39 — 7-29 —21 + 16 Chorley.— Population, 22,440. Mean of 5 years, 1924-1928 157 11-7 044 1-26 7*83 69 Year— 1928 . 1929 . 14-7 154 10-7 12 6 0 40 0 57 1-48 1 20 607 288 66 66 Increase or decrease in 1929 on— 5 years' average, 1924-1928 Previous year —0-3 +0-7 + 0-9 + 1-9 +013 +0-17 —0-06 —0-28 —4-95 —319 —3 nil