[Report 1929] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough.

  • Darlington (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1929
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Credit: [Report 1929] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The mortality in Darlington is 1.16 per 1,()()() ])o))nlation, coni- ])aring favonrably with England and Wales. At the end of the Report a table is appended showing the organs and the age gron})s most affeeted. The variation during the })ast nine years is shown in the following table. :— Deaths in Death Rate per England <& Wales Darlington 1,000 j>opulation Death Rate 1021 60 0.00 1.21 1022 .... 67 1.00 1.22 1028 .... 65 0.06 1.26 1024 .... 60 0.87 1.20 1025 .... 72 1.04 1.84 1026 .... 81 1.05 1.86 1027 .... 06 1.84 1.88 1028 .... i t 1.07 1.48 1029 .... 88 1.16 .... Xot vet known. CORONER’S INQUESTS. I Thirty-one Tmpiests were held in the Rorongh and four ( outside the Rorough in eonneetion with deaths assignable to I Darlington, a proportion of ;3.7 per cent, of the total deaths. ! There were also nineteen iiupiests held in Darlington in the ease of j transferable deaths. UNCERTIFIED DEATHS. During 1620 there were .‘56 deaths, the eauses of which were not certified by medical ])ractitioncrs or the coroner, ecpiivalent to 8.5 per cent, of the total deaths. Five of these were of child- I ren under one year of age. ACCIDENTS AND VIOLENT DEATHS. Thirty-two deaths, 5 to suicide, 14 others. 18 to street accidents aiul DEATHS IN INSTITUTIONS. Feet ham Poor Law Institution .... 02 General Hospital .... 188 Rorough Isolation IIos[)itals 22 Nursing Homes 16 Total in Darlington Institutions 2GS Deaths in other Institutions, Asvlnms, &(*. 41