[Report 1926] / Medical Officer of Health, Tynemouth County Borough.

  • Tynemouth (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1926
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Credit: [Report 1926] / Medical Officer of Health, Tynemouth County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The number of deaths of persons belonging to Tynemouth which occurred in public institutions during the year was :—Tynemouth Poor Law Institution, 146 ; Tynemouth Victoria Jubilee Infirmary, 40 ; Moor Park Isolation Hospital, 10 ; Prater Maternity Plome, 1 ; other Institutions outside the Borough (including 11 deaths in Morpeth Asylum) 25. This makes a total of 222, which is 28‘9 per cent, of all deaths of residents during the year. Deaths and Death Rates in Wards. Ward. Total Deaths. Death rate per 1,000 of population. Central 62 ]P5 Collingwood 112 12-9 Dockwray ... 102 12-2 Linskill 91 9-6 Milbourn ... 91 14-6 Percy 67 8'5 Preston 79 11-2 Rudyerd 81 13-5 Trinity 81 10-4 County Borough of Tynemouth ... 766 1P5 Mean of 10 years—1917-1926... 918 14-8 The deaths occurring in each quarter durmg the last five years were as follows :— Period. 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 Death rate per 1,000 during 1926. First Quarter ... 260 287 320 214 194 11-7 Second Quarter 226 214 200 272 208 12-5 Third Quarter ... 179 157 151 178 142 8-5 Fourth Quarter /S^ 190 175 229 237 222 13-3 INFANTILE MORTALITY. There were 100 deaths of children under one year of age, which gives an infantile mortality rate of 74 to every 1,000 cMldren born. It is again worthy of note that the infantile mortality rate, as in the case of the death rate, is the lowest in the history of the Borough. An infantile mortality rate of 74 per 1,0C0 children born is an extremely low mortality rate and contrasts markemy Wiih the infantile rate of 50 years ago. At that time the rate was 180 per 1,000. This decrease has been specially noticeable during the last 12 or 14 years, and may be attributable to various causes, but specially to improved sanitation and the educational work carried on in connection with the Maternity and Child Welfare Centre. The infantile mortality rates for England and Wales and for the Great Towns, were 70 and 73 respectively.