[Report 1893] / Medical Officer of Health, County Council of the Palatine of Chester / Cheshire County Council.

  • Cheshire County Council
Date:
1893
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Credit: [Report 1893] / Medical Officer of Health, County Council of the Palatine of Chester / Cheshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Districts 17 persons to an acre, whilst in two Urban Districts, Buglawton and Tarporley, there were more than two acres to a person. The persons to an acre in the 3 groups of Districts were :— 5 Municipal Boroughs ... ... 9*89 persons 29 other Urban Districts ... ... 3*25 ,, 11 entire Rural Districts and parts] of 6 other Rural Districts ) ^ This is a matter of interest, as other things being equal the insalubrity of a place may be expected to increase with the density of population. Births.—The number of births registered in the Administrative County is not given, as no return has been received from Runcorn Urban District. The number of births registered in the remainder of the County was 15,629. The birth-rate for 96-3 per cent, of the County from which returns have been received was 29*5. In the Reports for 1892 no returns as to births were received from Higher Bebington, Runcorn, Tarporley, and the Cheshire portion of the Rural Distiict of Hayfield. In the Reports for 1893 Runcorn is the only district not furnishing a return as to births. The birth-rates per 1000 living were in some districts high, and in others very low. In the town of Northwich the birth-rate was upwards of 41 per 1000, and in the town of Middlewich upwards of 40 per 1000, whereas in Bowdon it was under 16 per 1000. In two of the small Rural Districts, Drayton and Birkenhead, the difference was even more striking. But in dealing with populations of less than 500, annual rates have little significance. The birth-rate in the Municipal Boroughs was 29-5, in the other Urban Districts 307, and in the Rural Districts 28-2. In the whole of England and Wales the birth-rate for 1893 was 30-8. This is slightly higher than the birth-rate in England and Wales in 1892, but 3*4 per cent, below the average in the ten years 1883-92. Deaths.—The number of deaths registered in the Administrative County was 10,333. The natural increase of the population (excess of births over deaths) in the portion of the County sending in birth-returns was 5,823, i.e., 563 in excess of the estimated increase for 1893. The death-rate for the County was 18*8. There is considerable difference in the death-rates of different districts. They range from 26-2 in the Urban District of Runcorn and 25 per 1000 in the Borough of Stalybridge to less than 8 per