[Report 1900] / Medical Officer of Health, Worcester City.

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

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    It will be seen that compared with the “ 67 other large towns,” the Death-rate of Worcester is 12 per 1000 higher ; but that the Zymotic death-rate and Infantile death-rate are both considerably lower. The death-rates from the various Zymotic diseases in Worcester also compare favourably with those of the “ large towns,” but those due to deaths from Diphtheria and Measles are only slightly lower. As in former years in estimating the death-rate, there have been included the deaths of 15 inmates of Powick Asylum, who went there from the City ; and the deaths of persons dying in the General Infirmary who came from outside the City, 36 in number, have been excluded. These facts and the differences between the crude death- rate (column 8) and the corrected death-rate (column 13) are set out in the new Table of the Local Government Board being Table VI. of this Report. The City Coroner held Inquests on 59 persons during the year, which is 6*5 per cent, of the total deaths (896) registered in the City. Of these 59 inquests, 15 were on infants under 1 year of age,, and 10 on children between 1 and 7 years. Two of the infants were suffocated while in bed with their parents. The verdicts of the Juries were, death from natural causes 30 ; from Accidents 22 ; Suicide while insane 3 ; disease aggravated by neglect by others 1 ; from other causes 1 ; from causes unascertainable 2. It was ordered by your Authority in 1891, that the Medical Officer of Health should prepare statistics each year for every parish in the City, 16 in number, respecting
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