[Report 1896] / Medical Officer of Health, Wigan County Borough.
- Wigan (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1896
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1896] / Medical Officer of Health, Wigan County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![REPORT, STATISTICAL SUMMARY FOR 1896. Population estimated July, 1896 . 60235 Marriages not ascertainable for County Borough. „ Annual rate per 1,000 of population, ditto. Births.— {^males’’!!! 1065} Total. 2144 Annual rate of births per 1,000 . 35'94 Illegitimate births, 103, or 4'80 per cent. Deaths{^males'662]Total . 1376 Annual rate of mortality . 23'09 Natural increase of population, births in excess of deaths. 768 Total deaths from zymotic diseases. 245 Annual rate of mortality from zymotic diseases ... 4‘09 Infantile rate, deaths per 1,000 births (1896). 186 Inhabited Houses number 10,870. This gives 5’54 persons to each house. Acreage.—With an acreage of 2,188, and a population estimated at 60,235, we have 27.52 persons per acre. Population.—The population estimated at the middle of 1896 (June 30) is 60,235, and this estimate may be taken as fairly accurate, as we find from a census taken in July by the School Board authorities, we then had 10,870 inhabited houses, which equals about 5^ persons to each house, and the increase is also in proportion to that which took place in the two last decades. In the census of 1891 the population was 55,013 ; 1881, 48,192 ; and 1871, 39,110. Births.—The number of births registered during 1896 was 2,144, 1,079 males and 1,065 females. The rate per 1,000 of population being 35.94. This birth-rate is fairly high, though I am not able to compare it with previous years. I may state that the rate for England and Wales for 1895 was only 30.3. The birth of males was slightly in excess of females.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30276135_0007.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
