[Report 1895] / Medical Officer of Health, Blackpool County Borough.

  • Blackpool (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1895
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Credit: [Report 1895] / Medical Officer of Health, Blackpool County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Infant Mortality. The rate of deaths of children under i year of age to 1,000 births reverted last year to the high figure which is usual in Blackpool, unless the summer months have a temperature decidedly below the average. There were 182 deaths of children under twelve months old, and 882 births, i.e., a rate of 206*3 per 1,000 births, as compared with 159 in 1894, 210-3 in 1893, and I55'9 f°r 1881-90. Of the 182 deaths, 13 were of children not born in Blackpool. Leaving these out of consideration the corrected rate is 191*6, as compared with 132 in 1894, 192*8 in 1893, and 153*4 for the ten years 1883-92. In Table F (in the Appendix) the quarterly rates are given, from which it is seen to vary from 120 in the first, and 176 in the second, to 254 in the third, and 210 in the fourth quarter. During 1895 in England and Wales, 161 infants under 1 year old died out of 1,000 births. For the 33 great towns, the rate of infant mortality in 1895 was 182, ranging from 134 at Croydon, and 143 at Bristol, to 236 at Blackburn, 242 at Burnley, and 248 at Preston. The causes of death are classified in the adjoining table under several headings, and also according to age at death. As in previous years ‘ Congenital Debility’ and ‘Asthenia’ have been classified under premature birth, and ‘Marasmus’ under Atrophy.